There’s something wonderful about teaching, and it’s this: I get to go to my job and play. Fundamentally, I know that if I’m not having fun, my students won’t be having fun. I have no illusions about the fact that, with the kind of students I have, I need to be equal parts educator and entertainer. It would be awfully easy to put the onus on them to pay attention. Some days, I do. It’s their responsibility to be engaged. But it’s my responsibility to do my part to grab their…
Author: trevor
Just a test of some new site features…
…and a picture of a happy smiling cottage dog from this summer. Paddle your own canoe, folks. -Trevor
#mo365 Day 8
I’ve mentioned the Note 3 before, but the main thing I love about this phone — and the reason why it makes it into so many of my drawings — is that it totally enables me to doodle wherever and whenever I want. I always have a great drawing tool in my pocket. Man, though, I am zonked. I really did teach my ass off today. Constant motion, constant dialogue, and a healthy dose of reigning in a pile of grade 9 and 10 students. I love teaching. Love love…
#mo365 Day 7
I’m not going to lie — teaching the OSSLC isn’t the easiest thing I’ve ever done. It’s easy enough when it comes to getting to know my student’s needs and wants. I have the benefit of teaching it as a private course, so establishing a repore is a snap. It’s a little less easy to build a course out of that curriculum, and the one-on-one format means that the teacher needs to do a lot more of the talking, much more heavy lifting. Still, every once in a while you…
#mo365 Day 6
Natalie Joy and I watched the Sherlock series 3 premiere yesterday. It was great. The show has a distinct Doctor Who flavour this season, and I’m not sure I’m sold on that change, but so far I’m enjoying the season. Follow these shenanigans on Instagram!
#mo365 Day 5
Tug of war.
How Heroes are Made: a Kerbal Space Program Story
Orbital flight. Missions to the mountains. Experiments in the water. The Kerbal Science Centre had done everything they could think of short of producing a Kerbal-rated mission to the Mun. To land a Kerbal on the surface of the Mun and to return him safely to Kerbin — that was the goal, said the director, before we leave the office on Friday. Once the engineers picked their jaws up off the floor, they got to work. Progress was slow, mostly because Jebediah was so excited that he wouldn’t get out…
#mo365 Day 4
The 4th was a cold day. But the dog had to be walked. Follow me on Instagram!
#mo365 Day 3
Drawn quickly on the Note 3. Hey, follow these shenanigans on Instagram!
#mo365 Day 2
Every so often, I find my character drawings a little inconsistent, and need to rework them. This was one of those times.
#mo365 Day 1
I decided to get in on a little hashtag game on Instagram that’s called #mo365 — simply, upload a mobile photo for every day of the year. Well, to keep myself honest, I’m going to repost them here. Enjoy! Paddle your own canoe, folks. -Trevor
What This Year Was, And What The Next Will Be
This year was good to me. It was. I can look back at January and realize that I had just started working at a school that wasn’t quite yet a school, making peanuts and generally being totally unsure of where I was going and what I was doing. I’m still plenty unsure about where things are going, but I’m a lot more secure in my insecurities. I buried a lot of insecurities this year. I have a generally older peer group, and 2013 is the year in which I owned…