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Consultant. Retired Computer Tech & CS Teacher. Veteran. OTF Fellow. Volunteer. Past President, ACSE. Former Ontario MoE Education Officer (Computer Studies & Tech Ed).
Consultant. Retired Computer Tech & CS Teacher. Veteran. OTF Fellow. Volunteer. Past President, ACSE. Former Ontario MoE Education Officer (Computer Studies & Tech Ed).
Consultant. Retired Computer Tech & CS Teacher. Veteran. OTF Fellow. Volunteer. Past President, ACSE. Former Ontario MoE Education Officer (Computer Studies & Tech Ed).
Consultant. Retired Computer Tech & CS Teacher. Veteran. OTF Fellow. Volunteer. Past President, ACSE. Former Ontario MoE Education Officer (Computer Studies & Tech Ed).
Consultant. Retired Computer Tech & CS Teacher. Veteran. OTF Fellow. Volunteer. Past President, ACSE. Former Ontario MoE Education Officer (Computer Studies & Tech Ed).
What's the easiest way to share from #flickr to Mastodon? Pasting the URL doesn't seem to bring up the image like it does on BlueSky or Twitter.
Consultant. Retired Computer Tech & CS Teacher. Veteran. OTF Fellow. Volunteer. Past President, ACSE. Former Ontario MoE Education Officer (Computer Studies & Tech Ed).
I just used the hashtag #antiEdTech in my Obsidian Notes for the first time. Is this a sign that I'm getting old and cantankerous, or a new movement?
Consultant. Retired Computer Tech & CS Teacher. Veteran. OTF Fellow. Volunteer. Past President, ACSE. Former Ontario MoE Education Officer (Computer Studies & Tech Ed).
I have updated the Bill C-22 Stakeholder Perspectives & Debates page. Please let me know if there are other perspectives I should add.
https://peter.beens.ca/bill-c22-2026-analysis/lawful-access-stakeholders.html
Consultant. Retired Computer Tech & CS Teacher. Veteran. OTF Fellow. Volunteer. Past President, ACSE. Former Ontario MoE Education Officer (Computer Studies & Tech Ed).
Personnel enseignant #OntEd : joignez-vous gratuitement à ce webinaire du Centre des sciences de l’Ontario sur les compétences transférables, la pensée informatique et le nouveau cours #ICD2O. Sujets : pensée informatique, analyse de données et littératie numérique.
https://www.centredessciencesontario.ca/ecoles/ressources-en-enseignement/formation-professionnelle/mise-en-%C5%93uvre-des-competences-transferables-et-de-la-pensee-informatique-dans-le-cadre-du-cours-icd2o
Consultant. Retired Computer Tech & CS Teacher. Veteran. OTF Fellow. Volunteer. Past President, ACSE. Former Ontario MoE Education Officer (Computer Studies & Tech Ed).
#OntEd educators: Join this free Ontario Science Centre webinar on transferable skills, computational thinking, and the new #ICD2O course. Topics include computational thinking, data analysis, and digital literacy.
https://www.ontariosciencecentre.ca/teachers-plus-students/teacher-resources/professional-learning-resources/implementing-transferable-skills-and-computational-thinking-in-icd2o
Consultant. Retired Computer Tech & CS Teacher. Veteran. OTF Fellow. Volunteer. Past President, ACSE. Former Ontario MoE Education Officer (Computer Studies & Tech Ed).
Consultant. Retired Computer Tech & CS Teacher. Veteran. OTF Fellow. Volunteer. Past President, ACSE. Former Ontario MoE Education Officer (Computer Studies & Tech Ed).
I've added an analysis page related to the reduction of Teacher Education in Ontario from two years to one year. If anyone has any research material related to this, I'd love to be able to add it to the analysis. #OntEd
https://peter.beens.ca/education-analysis/teacher-training.html
Consultant. Retired Computer Tech & CS Teacher. Veteran. OTF Fellow. Volunteer. Past President, ACSE. Former Ontario MoE Education Officer (Computer Studies & Tech Ed).
Want an AI agent that understands your Obsidian vault?
I've curated a set of agentic skills to automate everything from your morning briefing to transcript summaries and vault maintenance.
Download and drop into your vault root to get started:
https://github.com/pbeens/obsidian-agents.md
Consultant. Retired Computer Tech & CS Teacher. Veteran. OTF Fellow. Volunteer. Past President, ACSE. Former Ontario MoE Education Officer (Computer Studies & Tech Ed).
I'm happy that the #Codex app now includes a file browser, but if the file browser can't stay up to date with what's actually in the folders, then it's useless. It's back to VS Code with the Codex extension for me.
Consultant. Retired Computer Tech & CS Teacher. Veteran. OTF Fellow. Volunteer. Past President, ACSE. Former Ontario MoE Education Officer (Computer Studies & Tech Ed).
For #Wordle junkies: I built a simple browser-based tool to help with daily puzzles. It uses a drag-and-drop interface to visualize guesses and refine your strategy as you go.
Try it here: https://peter.beens.ca/wordle-aid/
Consultant. Retired Computer Tech & CS Teacher. Veteran. OTF Fellow. Volunteer. Past President, ACSE. Former Ontario MoE Education Officer (Computer Studies & Tech Ed).
Need to know the Canadian spelling for something? Here's the authority.
TERMIUM Plus® https://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-eng.html?lang=eng&i=1&index=alt&codom2nd_wet=1
Consultant. Retired Computer Tech & CS Teacher. Veteran. OTF Fellow. Volunteer. Past President, ACSE. Former Ontario MoE Education Officer (Computer Studies & Tech Ed).
Consultant. Retired Computer Tech & CS Teacher. Veteran. OTF Fellow. Volunteer. Past President, ACSE. Former Ontario MoE Education Officer (Computer Studies & Tech Ed).
Consultant. Retired Computer Tech & CS Teacher. Veteran. OTF Fellow. Volunteer. Past President, ACSE. Former Ontario MoE Education Officer (Computer Studies & Tech Ed).
Consultant. Retired Computer Tech & CS Teacher. Veteran. OTF Fellow. Volunteer. Past President, ACSE. Former Ontario MoE Education Officer (Computer Studies & Tech Ed).
Wispr Flow has been saving me a lot of time converting voice to text. If you spend a lot of time on your computer, it’s worth trying. Very accurate.
They also offer discounts (students ~50% off, plus options for educators, nonprofits, military, accessibility, etc.).
Free month of Pro: https://wisprflow.ai/r?PETER5445
Full disclosure: I get a free month too if you sign up.