David Wall
@dawall.bsky.social
Thinking about how you think about thinking!
Teacher. CompThinking AI & ML Heutagogy UX Complex Problem Solving Mulitmodality MediaLit STEAM to Transdisciplinary learning.
Teacher. CompThinking AI & ML Heutagogy UX Complex Problem Solving Mulitmodality MediaLit STEAM to Transdisciplinary learning.
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Today's kids news:
AI-powered toys are popular now, but pediatricians and researchers don't recommend them.
What do you think of what the experts say?
Does this change how you think about AI-powered toys?
How could AI be used in toys in better ways?
www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
AI-powered toys are popular now, but pediatricians and researchers don't recommend them.
What do you think of what the experts say?
Does this change how you think about AI-powered toys?
How could AI be used in toys in better ways?
www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
Concerns raised about AI-powered toys and creativity, development as holiday shopping peaks
TORONTO – As parents hunt for gifts that will wow their kids this holiday season, Canadian child development and psychology experts say they should be wary of AI-powered toys because of possible...
www.winnipegfreepress.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Today's kids news:
AI-powered toys are popular now, but pediatricians and researchers don't recommend them.
What do you think of what the experts say?
Does this change how you think about AI-powered toys?
How could AI be used in toys in better ways?
www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
AI-powered toys are popular now, but pediatricians and researchers don't recommend them.
What do you think of what the experts say?
Does this change how you think about AI-powered toys?
How could AI be used in toys in better ways?
www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
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The Winnipeg Free Press Media Literacy & Learning platform is LIVE and there is much more to come! Check out the work so far here:
www.winnipegfreepress.com/education
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Media Literacy & Learning
Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, Canada
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November 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The Winnipeg Free Press Media Literacy & Learning platform is LIVE and there is much more to come! Check out the work so far here:
www.winnipegfreepress.com/education
www.winnipegfreepress.com/education
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OTTAWA – An Ontario court has decided a copyright lawsuit filed by Canadian news publishers against OpenAI will proceed in that province.
News publishers’ copyright lawsuit against OpenAI to go ahead in Ontario
OTTAWA – An Ontario court has decided a copyright lawsuit filed by Canadian news publishers against OpenAI will proceed in that province.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
OTTAWA – An Ontario court has decided a copyright lawsuit filed by Canadian news publishers against OpenAI will proceed in that province.
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As I creep past five years of sobriety, as of earlier this month, I'd thought I'd share this piece again. It's about how binge drinking is made into comedy, silence, secrecy, growing up with a parent who drinks, and who dies.
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: My sobriety is not just mine
My sobriety is in honour of my dad and the healing he didn’t get the chance to do, for my future children and more
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:21 PM
As I creep past five years of sobriety, as of earlier this month, I'd thought I'd share this piece again. It's about how binge drinking is made into comedy, silence, secrecy, growing up with a parent who drinks, and who dies.
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Today in kids news: a new museum is coming to Winnipeg, full of vintage gaming and computing technology!
www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/202...
www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/202...
Manitoba Computer and Gaming Museum powers up
Founders behind the proposed Manitoba Computer & Gaming Museum aim to open a permanent location in 2027. The first iteration — a pop-up — is set to appear Tuesday at an annual conference for tech afic...
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November 17, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Today in kids news: a new museum is coming to Winnipeg, full of vintage gaming and computing technology!
www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/202...
www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/202...
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Today's free news for kids:
Discussion starters:
What are some of the ways you connect with others to share common interests?
What clubs or groups in your school help people feel like they belong? What ideas for other clubs do you have?
www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
Discussion starters:
What are some of the ways you connect with others to share common interests?
What clubs or groups in your school help people feel like they belong? What ideas for other clubs do you have?
www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
High score: Winnipeg Video Game Orchestra goes from joysticks to drumsticks, with classical takes on familiar themes
There is, evidently, a lot of crossover between band nerds and video game enthusiasts. Concert Preview Winnipeg Video Game Orchestra With 8-bit and the Single Players Jubilee Place, 181 Riverton Ave.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Today's free news for kids:
Discussion starters:
What are some of the ways you connect with others to share common interests?
What clubs or groups in your school help people feel like they belong? What ideas for other clubs do you have?
www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
Discussion starters:
What are some of the ways you connect with others to share common interests?
What clubs or groups in your school help people feel like they belong? What ideas for other clubs do you have?
www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
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Nice piece, and consistent with our findings that misinformation exploits outrage to spread online www.science.org/doi/full/10....
November 11, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Nice piece, and consistent with our findings that misinformation exploits outrage to spread online www.science.org/doi/full/10....
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New: Winnipeg students are on an all-expenses-paid trip to see firsthand the wild poppies that inspired “In Flanders Fields” & the iconic symbol of Canadian Remembrance Day.
A new #mbed fund was established after Kinew’s emotional visit to Normandy #wfp www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
A new #mbed fund was established after Kinew’s emotional visit to Normandy #wfp www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
Manitoba teenagers honour war victims during trip to Europe
A group of Manitoba teens are honouring veterans and victims of the world wars overseas as part of a new provincial program that pays for them to visit historic and commemorative sites in Europe.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:22 PM
New: Winnipeg students are on an all-expenses-paid trip to see firsthand the wild poppies that inspired “In Flanders Fields” & the iconic symbol of Canadian Remembrance Day.
A new #mbed fund was established after Kinew’s emotional visit to Normandy #wfp www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
A new #mbed fund was established after Kinew’s emotional visit to Normandy #wfp www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
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Manitoba needs more CS, not less. Preparing Manitoba students for the 21st century depends on it. Check out my Op-Ed to see why. www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...
#tellingHerStory
#tellingHerStory
Opinion: How Manitoba’s schools fail the digital generation
For decades, those of us who work or have worked in the technology sector have lived with the stereotype of lone coders, relegated to cold, dark basements often as an afterthought. Forgotten until we ...
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April 4, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Manitoba needs more CS, not less. Preparing Manitoba students for the 21st century depends on it. Check out my Op-Ed to see why. www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...
#tellingHerStory
#tellingHerStory
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New Zealand costume designer Kate Hawley has designed many costumes for the big screen — including for the forthcoming Frankenstein — but Winnipeggers will be able to see her confectionary couture creations onstage this week when the RWB presents the Manitoba premiere of Hansel & Gretel.
Kate Hawley knows costumes are no bit players when it comes to storytelling, both onscreen and onstage.
Feast for the senses
Fairy tale a sweet treat of candy-coloured delights
www.winnipegfreepress.com
October 7, 2025 at 2:21 AM
New Zealand costume designer Kate Hawley has designed many costumes for the big screen — including for the forthcoming Frankenstein — but Winnipeggers will be able to see her confectionary couture creations onstage this week when the RWB presents the Manitoba premiere of Hansel & Gretel.
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Os oes gennych chi ddiddordeb mewn archwilio cynhwysiant mewn addysg, ewch i’n gwefan i wylio cyfres o weminarau lle mae Catrina Lowri o @neuroteachers.bsky.social yn siarad am #niwrowahaniaeth ac addysg: neurodivergencewales.org/en/education...
March 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Os oes gennych chi ddiddordeb mewn archwilio cynhwysiant mewn addysg, ewch i’n gwefan i wylio cyfres o weminarau lle mae Catrina Lowri o @neuroteachers.bsky.social yn siarad am #niwrowahaniaeth ac addysg: neurodivergencewales.org/en/education...
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How can educators make neurodiverse children feel included and supported?
That was one question we asked of SENCO and founder of @neuroteachers.bsky.social, Catrina Lowri when she joined our podcast recently.
Read on for her advice, which is perfect for #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
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That was one question we asked of SENCO and founder of @neuroteachers.bsky.social, Catrina Lowri when she joined our podcast recently.
Read on for her advice, which is perfect for #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
(1/5)
May 13, 2025 at 7:43 PM
How can educators make neurodiverse children feel included and supported?
That was one question we asked of SENCO and founder of @neuroteachers.bsky.social, Catrina Lowri when she joined our podcast recently.
Read on for her advice, which is perfect for #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
(1/5)
That was one question we asked of SENCO and founder of @neuroteachers.bsky.social, Catrina Lowri when she joined our podcast recently.
Read on for her advice, which is perfect for #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
(1/5)
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Signed! I think this is important.
This petition calls on Ottawa to enforce the Canada Health Act, attach strict transparency rules to federal transfers, and stop provinces from hiding the true costs of privatization.
Sign protect health care, education, and infrastructure from costly privatization.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Sign protect health care, education, and infrastructure from costly privatization.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
www.ourcommons.ca
October 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Signed! I think this is important.
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This is a reminder that almost all adult men who sexually abuse children do not meet a clinical definition of a “pedophile.”
They prey upon children because they want to overpower vulnerable victims. And no one is given less power in our society than children.
They prey upon children because they want to overpower vulnerable victims. And no one is given less power in our society than children.
July 22, 2025 at 5:26 PM
This is a reminder that almost all adult men who sexually abuse children do not meet a clinical definition of a “pedophile.”
They prey upon children because they want to overpower vulnerable victims. And no one is given less power in our society than children.
They prey upon children because they want to overpower vulnerable victims. And no one is given less power in our society than children.
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Behind the education degrees and the lesson plans, dark secrets can lie hidden.
Classroom confidential
Despite promises of improving school safety and transparency, child protection experts say Manitoba’s new teacher registry conceals more than it reveals
www.winnipegfreepress.com
June 27, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Behind the education degrees and the lesson plans, dark secrets can lie hidden.
#mbpoli There must be a #publicinquiry into the people and organizations that continue to benefit from covering up abuse in #Manitoba schools if you’re serious about stopping it.
Minister Tracy Schmidt
@WayneEwaskoMLA
@cdnchildprotect.bsk.social
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
Minister Tracy Schmidt
@WayneEwaskoMLA
@cdnchildprotect.bsk.social
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
Child protection experts say Manitoba’s new teacher registry conceals more than it reveals
Despite promises that a new teacher registry launched at the start of the year would enhance transparency within the education system and improve children’s safety, critics have dismissed it as weak, ...
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June 27, 2025 at 4:43 PM
#mbpoli There must be a #publicinquiry into the people and organizations that continue to benefit from covering up abuse in #Manitoba schools if you’re serious about stopping it.
Minister Tracy Schmidt
@WayneEwaskoMLA
@cdnchildprotect.bsk.social
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
Minister Tracy Schmidt
@WayneEwaskoMLA
@cdnchildprotect.bsk.social
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
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The election is over but the MAGA onslaught against Prime Minister Carney and Canadian unity has only just started.
In the gangster world of Putin, Trump and trolls, Canada is a threat because we are a democratic nation.
My reflection on the coming storm.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/the-coming...
In the gangster world of Putin, Trump and trolls, Canada is a threat because we are a democratic nation.
My reflection on the coming storm.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/the-coming...
The Coming Canadian Storm: MAGA'S Next Move
"It is with humility and appreciation that I accept Damien Kurek's offer to resign his seat…" — Pierre Poilievre, three days after losing the 2025 federal election
charlieangus.substack.com
May 4, 2025 at 12:45 PM
The election is over but the MAGA onslaught against Prime Minister Carney and Canadian unity has only just started.
In the gangster world of Putin, Trump and trolls, Canada is a threat because we are a democratic nation.
My reflection on the coming storm.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/the-coming...
In the gangster world of Putin, Trump and trolls, Canada is a threat because we are a democratic nation.
My reflection on the coming storm.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/the-coming...
Will MB post secondarys follow?
#teacher
#teach
#MBpoli
#MBed
Program could be apprenticeship style, yr1 academic with practicum, yr2 employed as apprentice with some academics?
www.thestar.com/politics/ont...
#teacher
#teach
#MBpoli
#MBed
Program could be apprenticeship style, yr1 academic with practicum, yr2 employed as apprentice with some academics?
www.thestar.com/politics/ont...
Ontario considering change to length of teachers’ college, documents suggest
Ontario teachers' college programs are typically two years.
www.thestar.com
April 30, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Will MB post secondarys follow?
#teacher
#teach
#MBpoli
#MBed
Program could be apprenticeship style, yr1 academic with practicum, yr2 employed as apprentice with some academics?
www.thestar.com/politics/ont...
#teacher
#teach
#MBpoli
#MBed
Program could be apprenticeship style, yr1 academic with practicum, yr2 employed as apprentice with some academics?
www.thestar.com/politics/ont...
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The NDP has called on the auditor general to investigate a mega-contract to build daycares that it says allowed the previous government to funnel $2.8 million to a Progressive Conservative campaign manager’s firm #mbed #wfp www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
NDP calls for auditor general to probe 2022 PC daycare project
www.winnipegfreepress.com
April 25, 2025 at 1:20 PM
The NDP has called on the auditor general to investigate a mega-contract to build daycares that it says allowed the previous government to funnel $2.8 million to a Progressive Conservative campaign manager’s firm #mbed #wfp www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
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Seeing multiple reporters posting that the post-debate media scrums are cancelled???
You mean to tell me the commission is so scared of having to have a backbone against grifters that they’d rather deprive us ALL of the question period than actually tell the cosplayers “you guys have to go”???
You mean to tell me the commission is so scared of having to have a backbone against grifters that they’d rather deprive us ALL of the question period than actually tell the cosplayers “you guys have to go”???
April 18, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Seeing multiple reporters posting that the post-debate media scrums are cancelled???
You mean to tell me the commission is so scared of having to have a backbone against grifters that they’d rather deprive us ALL of the question period than actually tell the cosplayers “you guys have to go”???
You mean to tell me the commission is so scared of having to have a backbone against grifters that they’d rather deprive us ALL of the question period than actually tell the cosplayers “you guys have to go”???
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When I was elected I was threatened with ex-communication for supporting same sex marriage rights.
My young daughters weren't having it.
Instead of going to church they get their Easter news from Norman Jewison. They turned out alright.
They like Simon's resistance.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwgr...
My young daughters weren't having it.
Instead of going to church they get their Easter news from Norman Jewison. They turned out alright.
They like Simon's resistance.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwgr...
Jesus Christ Superstar (1973) - Simon Zealotes Scene (4/10) | Movieclips
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April 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
When I was elected I was threatened with ex-communication for supporting same sex marriage rights.
My young daughters weren't having it.
Instead of going to church they get their Easter news from Norman Jewison. They turned out alright.
They like Simon's resistance.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwgr...
My young daughters weren't having it.
Instead of going to church they get their Easter news from Norman Jewison. They turned out alright.
They like Simon's resistance.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwgr...
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Desperate Housewives chose our Basic sets, but which set will you choose? 🍎
April 12, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Desperate Housewives chose our Basic sets, but which set will you choose? 🍎
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Will AI support student's creativity, or will it limit their skills?
Many educators are being faced with this question. You can find out what the research says in OECD's upcoming webinar.
Learn more & sign up here: bit.ly/4i5Bzfy
📅 16 April
⏰ 12:30 CEST
Many educators are being faced with this question. You can find out what the research says in OECD's upcoming webinar.
Learn more & sign up here: bit.ly/4i5Bzfy
📅 16 April
⏰ 12:30 CEST
April 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Will AI support student's creativity, or will it limit their skills?
Many educators are being faced with this question. You can find out what the research says in OECD's upcoming webinar.
Learn more & sign up here: bit.ly/4i5Bzfy
📅 16 April
⏰ 12:30 CEST
Many educators are being faced with this question. You can find out what the research says in OECD's upcoming webinar.
Learn more & sign up here: bit.ly/4i5Bzfy
📅 16 April
⏰ 12:30 CEST
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Catching up on a few things I haven’t had a chance to clip yet — did you know Poilievre, speaking in French, called UNWRA terrorists and said he’d stop giving any funding to them????
Absolutely horrifying position given UNWRA’s integral role in providing humanitarian aid to the region.
Absolutely horrifying position given UNWRA’s integral role in providing humanitarian aid to the region.
April 6, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Catching up on a few things I haven’t had a chance to clip yet — did you know Poilievre, speaking in French, called UNWRA terrorists and said he’d stop giving any funding to them????
Absolutely horrifying position given UNWRA’s integral role in providing humanitarian aid to the region.
Absolutely horrifying position given UNWRA’s integral role in providing humanitarian aid to the region.