Jonathan Boone

Enjoying life in Smithers

[BC Legislature @BCLegislature]

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[Jonathan Boone @jboone2016]

@j_mcelroy Would you be willing to judge my Social Studies 10 students' proposals for a new flag for Smithers?

[Jonathan Boone @jboone2016]

@j_mcelroy Can I get you to rank my students' flags they designed for Smithers? They presented them to Mayor Bachrach just this morning. Loved your rankings tweet.

[Jonathan Boone @jboone2016]

@d_mulder @in_all_things to be clear, I do appreciate the article and the concern to make education real & meaningful w/o edutaining them

[Jonathan Boone @jboone2016]

@d_mulder @in_all_things With all due respect, the young man has probably never been in a prison. The comparison is a bit of a stretch?

[Jonathan Boone @jboone2016]

@TheWeirdTeacher Umm...ok? Not sure how I did that or what it even means..? Me = blissfully Pokemon Go ignorant :)

[Jonathan Boone @jboone2016]

@LisGurthie makes getting through the hard times w students easier when you have good times w them under your belt; like collateral of sorts

[Jonathan Boone @jboone2016]

@mw_rekers @TheWeirdTeacher ditto! (don't tell anyone but I like Obama better than a certain Cdn PM right now anyway :) #weirded )

[Jonathan Boone @jboone2016]

@LisGurthie 7up still pop, even w HS kids. Who cares if no direct educ value? Value = having fun together, bonding, being human! #weirded

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@shahlock @TheWeirdTeacher I wonder what our Ss would make of this distinction, and our attempts at the latter? #weirded

[Jonathan Boone @jboone2016]

@melsa777 any 'gimmick' is inherently pejorative perhaps? #weirded

[Jonathan Boone @jboone2016]

@abookforfrances @MrsL_Teaches @TheWeirdTeacher I quit tryng 2 be fashnble a long, long time ago; Gotta love the freedom of VVllage #weirded

[Jonathan Boone @jboone2016]

@KristinaBarabas wonder how often it is pursued out of genuine desire to improve tchng, not just be 'that cool teacher' #weirded

[Jonathan Boone @jboone2016]

@KristinaBarabas seems there is too much of a tendency to gimmick-ify teaching at times? #weirded

[Jonathan Boone @jboone2016]

@oolalume @TheWeirdTeacher there is a certain tyranny to trying to keep up w the latest fad; the pace is overwhelming at times #weirded

[Jonathan Boone @jboone2016]

@msmusiced Brought it back into grade 11 class last year at their request. Was a blast, esp for ESL German students. Evry Monday. #weired

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@abookforfrances most HS ss just appreciate a tchr being human; trying 2 build a relationship that is not contrived nor paternalist #weirded

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@abookforfrances Shows sincerity and humility on our part as tchrs, which I think they appreciate more than fad-talk hip attempts. #weirded

[Jonathan Boone @jboone2016]

@edutinker I have 'fond' memories of my own teachers attempting this back in the day; some could pull it off. Others...not so much #weirded

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@ohsoearly @msmusiced ditto me; man that is painfully funny. Better not to try!#weirded