Sunshine Blog Award 2013

This past week, I was honoured and nominated for the Sunshine Blog Award 2013. Thanks to Kyle Pearce (@MathletePearce) for the nomination. I was fortunate enough to meet Kyle this fall at Apple’s ‘Train the Trainer’ session in Toronto. Since then, I have enjoyed getting to know and bouncing ideas off of Kyle. He is a phenomenal educator and well worth the follow on twitter and don’t forget to stop by his blog @ Tap into Teen Minds


So what is a Sunshine Blog Award?  A nomination requires some reflecting and some fun at the same time. The requirements include:

• Acknowledging the nominating blogger(s),
  
  
• Share 11 random facts about yourself,
  
  
• Answer the 11 questions the nominating blogger has created for you,
  
  
• List 11 bloggers you believe deserve some recognition and a little “link-juice,”
  
  
• Post 11 questions for the bloggers you nominate to answer and notify them.
  
  

11 Random Facts About @itechteach

1. My wife’s name is Susie and we met in second year university @ the University of Waterloo
   
   
2. We are expecting our first child this March!!
   
   
3. My wife and I both graduated the Faculty of Education at the University of Ottawa in 2007.
   
   
4. My favorite thing to do is spending time at our cottage - No internet, No cellphone reception… off the grid and I love it!
   
   
5. I love woodworking and building stuff!
   
   
6. I hate small spaces - claustrophobic
   
   
7. Love traveling and experiencing new cultures.
   
   
8. If it’s a sport I will play it… sorry baseball you’re only a ‘pastime’
   
   
9. I often fall asleep listening to the soft tones of Peter Mansbridge's voice on CBC’s The National
   
   
10. I love DIY home renovations, but I hate to paint.
    
    
11. Enjoy photography
    
    

Answer the Following 11 Questions the nominating blogger has created for you:

1. What is your favorite movie of all time? Any of the Bourne series
   
   
2. If you could have attended any concert anytime in history, what would it have been? Woodstock… for the party of course!
   
   
3. What do you do for fun? Hobby? Playing sports/Being outdoors
   
   
4. What two guests would make the best comedic pair as co-hosts for the Oscars? I don’t really follow Hollywood, but if I had to choose, Russell Peters and Will Ferrell
   
   
5. Cat, Dog or Goldfish? Why? As pets? As tattoos? Allergic to cats... and goldfish can’t do any tricks… so dogs!
   
   
6. How do you caffeinate? Jasmine tea in the morning and from time to time a nice piping hot vanilla Latte from @Starbucks
   
   
7. Favorite twitter chat? #cdnedchat
   
   
8. Best place you ever vacationed? Iceland - never seen a cleaner place in this world!
   
   
9. Best book you’ve read in 2013? Hmm… Steve Jobs - an interesting man
   
   
10. Favorite television shows? The Wire
    
    
11. What is one thing you never/rarely share that you are exceptionally proud of? My Wife
    
    

My Sunshine Award Blogger Nominees:


Kristen Wideen (@mrswideen) - Mrs. Wideen’s Blog

Michelle Cordy (@cordym) - Hacks the Classroom with Technology

Megan Valois (@msvalois) -  http://assessmentforlearning.weebly.com/blog.html

Carrie Baughchum (@carriebaughcum) http://carriebaughcum.com

Tanya Avrith (@edtechschools) -  http://www.tanyaavrith.com

Jocelyn Schmidt  (@MsSchmidt_YR) - http://ljpskindergartenteam.blogspot.ca

Doug Pete (@dougpete) http://dougpete.wordpress.com/

Matt Gomez (@mattBgomez) -  http://mattbgomez.com

Paul Yip (@DarthMacGoogle)  - http://themindofachildblog.blogspot.ca

Rod Murry (@mrmuzzdog) -  http://therodcast.ca

Shauna Pollock (@misspollock) - http://churchill209.blogspot.ca