by Donna Miller Fry (@fryed)
We did it! 37 days of movement – at least a mile a day – from American Thanksgiving on November 26, 2020 to January 1, 2021. Collectively, we ran/walked/skied/snowshoed about 1200 km. That’s the distance from Winnipeg, Manitoba all the way to beautiful Old Woman Bay in Lake Superior Provincial Park! 2020 was a year […]
Happy New Year! I often think back to this time one year ago. On the news, we were hearing and seeing the horrific details of a viral infection in Wuhan, China, and the impact of lockdown in the city. We really had no idea how it would impact our lives. We went on making resolutions […]
It’s far too late to be up, but sleep won’t come for awhile yet. Tuesday nights, after board meetings, are always like this. As a Superintendent, you have to be “on” for the whole meeting, ready to answer any questions. Meetings are long. Reports are presented. Topics that come up can be surprising, seemingly out […]
I was dreading this day. In all of the #TweetTheHalls challenges for 2020, this one stood out as the hardest. Who inspires me as an educator? Where do I even begin to make that list? Every single day I have the privilege of working with dedicated, generous educators, who stop at nothing to make sure […]
Educators have taken up the challenge to do their best to get out and move at least a mile every day for the rest of 2020, and for the very first day of 2021. We can do it! Exercise helps prevent depression. It lengthens telomeres. It prevents onset of Parkinson’s symptoms and Alzheimer’s symptoms. It […]
Pandemic fatigue, anxiety, endless uncertainty, grief, exhaustion. We all feel it. We see it in each other. This is hard. So why move? Especially why should we move right now? Because exercise is one of the most important tools to fight stress-induced depression. Habitual, aerobic and preferably strenuous exercise has remarkable physiological benefits to protect […]
Who inspires you? Last year, my friend and super PLNer Heather Theijsmeijer started something big. I didn’t know about run streaks, but give me a cause, a community, and a plan and I am in. She challenged us to run at least a mile a day for 35 days – November 28, 2019 to January […]
Have you had enough of 2020 yet? I often think of where we were last year at this time. I was getting excited to start #RWRunStreak. I had committed to a birthday marathon in Nova Scotia in May 2020 and a summer solstice marathon in Winnipeg (June 2020). #EducatorsONtheRun was such a fun way to […]
On Monday, November 16, I am part of the “Making Waves” event where Manitoba educators share our remote learning strategies. We are teaching through a crisis. What do we need to keep going, and to keep getting better? Here are some of the online resources I use to access new content, stay connected to others, […]
There has never been a more important time to have a strong professional learning network. It is through our connections with others that we find curated resources and ideas. Every day brings more change, more uncertainty, more fear. We are teaching through a crisis. In Manitoba, we are leveraging existing networks and structures to share […]
