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From The “News That Does Not Surprise Me” Department…

“Lifetime of Reading Slows Cognitive Decline” “Habitual participation in cognitively stimulating pursuits over a lifetime might substantially increase the efficiency of some cognitive systems,” writes a research team

How Facebook Changes Your Brain

An interesting article about the ways that Facebook affects our thinking… We learn to see the present as a “future past” and focus on how we will document,

Saturday Snap – Definitely Ready For Grade One!

Hard to believe Pace is done Kindergarten next week – this year has really flown! He wrote this out without prompting the other day. Obviously, he’s got that

Poetic Variations

Google Poetics Book spine poetry (Google Images) Invented Poetry Forms

Random Thoughts on 2013 #tedxregina #yqr (and My Hypothetical TED Talk Topics)

Went to TEDxRegina yesterday and honestly, my thoughts on the afternoon, with a couple exceptions, are pretty much the same as my thoughts on the inaugural one in

Getting Excited for @TEDxRegina #yqr

Went to TEDxRegina last year and am excited to be going again this year. Plus, unlike last year when I went on my own time, this year my

Friday Fun Link – Our English As She Is Spoke (A Column Only Canadians Will Understand)

A fun column by Dave Bidini as we head into the May Long Weekend aka “The Official Start of Summer in Canada” (at least in theory, if not

Global Accessibility Awareness Day – May 9

Today is Global Accessibility Awareness Day. It’s a day to consider how people with disabilities experience the web, software, mobile devices, games and so on, targeted towards designers,

Friday Fun Link – Share Some Unique/Insightful Ways You’ve Heard A Child Verbalize Something That’s Become Part of Your Own Vocabulary

Pace’s portmanteau word “ness” is one of the most upvoted comments on this Reddit question although all of the answers are great (with that said, I’m glad it

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