Dana Bjornson

A case against posting marks on walls. Please stop mark-shaming your students. Please stop propagating the cycle of negative self-talk & negative comparisons to others. Help your students quiet their inner bully. Help your students manage their anxiety.docs.google.com/presentation/d…

Welcome to Victoria, @mattgallowaycbc !!! Restaurant recommendations: Ramen Arashi— nectar of the gods; Vista 18— views from the heavens (fab food, too!) 👍😁

Super stoked— a student who wouldn’t do group test for the ENTIRE semester, just did their first group test. They overcame their social anxiety fears. AND they are contributing!!!! #teacherwin

@MsMagaryPhysics Agreed! Maybe they don’t know that sine90=1? 🤔Also, some folks just want to have the fewest routes possible to get the job done. #sinelawcrutch and our friend, the #quadraticformulacrutch… that one gets my goat, too 🫣😩

@physicsfuntime I just don't see why you would use it on a right triangle when the definition relationship is right there, as you pointed out. It makes me think the student doesn't understand the geometry there.

Am I wrong?? If you teach postsecondary physics, how do you feel about sine law on right triangles? I try… I really do. Yet we are halfway through and one of my top students pulled this out. 😭 Perhaps I am overreacting. What say you? 🤔

@MatthewIwama @bctf It was so hard entering teaching, making ends meet. What kept me going was teaching summer school. But now, it is seniority based; top grid Ts get the jobs. I don’t think that’s right. New Ts should get the summer school jobs, imo. Keeping new Ts in the game is critical!

@RicciFlat Last year, my son gifted me some of this chalk for Mother’s Day. Last week, a student gifted me some more… my people really know me! #bestchalkever #whiteboardsjustdontcutit

This is so good on multiple levels! I would be inclined to award a bonus mark to anyone email complaining about the denominator…

My parents wanted me to suffer as they thought it was god’s punishment for being gay and only suffering will save me. That’s why they didn’t help me after the serious injuries after the 2014 car crash. #homophobia #intersectionality #ableism Anybody want to adopt me?

Is this enough for mastery? Maybe not. But over the years, I noticed my strongest students doing extra without me telling them to do it. This system allows ALL abilities to move forward in the course and earn course credit. People do not tend to drop my class. #teacherwin

If they can’t get a letter correct before hand in,they can do an unassigned letter instead. If they have reduced practice on their IEP, I allow them to choose half or more of adeiptv. If they fall behind, I allow them to do half of the assigned until they catch up— for FULL marks

One thing I do for math class is allow students to adapt their practice according to their needs. For the Michelson workbook, students do the letters of each assigned number that form the word “adaptive”:aediptv (“tv”are always optional.)

@vickidroberts @sd61schools Haha— I think we all appreciate it when luck is onside! 😂🍀

@physicsfuntime @sd61schools Thank you Dana! I will take all the luck I can get 🌷

We welcomed our almost 350 Glanford Ss w/ a shared read aloud of this special picture book. My VP partner & I were excited to share the messages of curiosity, perseverance, resilience & leadership. A perfect read to start the year! Great for all levels. @sd61schools #sd61learn

if biology is the study of life, what is physics the study of?

@DarrenLaur @impishchimp Haha! I could!!! I anticipate landing in the Comox Valley after I leave regular teaching, tho! #myhappyplace {@SBChaletMW}

@physicsfuntime @impishchimp you can come and work with us!

Just found out two staff members just decided to retire rather than come back to class in these conditions (Covid and underfunded/supported). I bet there’s an exodus of teachers across BC right now. #bced #bcpoli

@OmdreaW I wish you were in my immediate family— nobody I know is a stronger advocate for their inner circle! 💪

Took 30 minutes to convince the agent to book fall boosters for my husband and daughter today. Are they being trained to try and talk us out of getting our vaccines?!! What is going on?!! #covidisnotover #bcpublichealth #bcpoli

Brilliant!

@_TaniaBishop_ @nytimes Hilarious…. Same. Boat!

Physics is when nature checks your math.