{"id":9433,"date":"2013-01-05T15:43:56","date_gmt":"2013-01-05T20:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aforgrave.ca\/detritus\/?p=9433"},"modified":"2013-01-05T15:59:16","modified_gmt":"2013-01-05T20:59:16","slug":"new-ontario-education-dictionary-of-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aforgrave.ca\/detritus\/2013\/01\/05\/new-ontario-education-dictionary-of-words\/","title":{"rendered":"The New Ontario Education Dictionary of Words"},"content":{"rendered":"

I started drafting a response here this morning to the recent announcements by the Ontario Liberal Government and Minister of Education<\/a> Laurel Broten. As it would turn out, I wound up posting the item on my edVisioned.ca<\/strong> blog, “Broten: Oxymorons, Verbs, and Grammar.”<\/a> \u00a0Feel free to follow the full story there.<\/em><\/p>\n

However, it seemed appropriate to continue to share this one particular item here, as it might be of interest to readers here who follow some of the more creative endeavours on de\u2022tri\u2022tus<\/strong>. Here’s the set-up, from Twitter conversations Thursday morning as the “hammer” was coming down:<\/p>\n

\"@acambell99<\/a>

@acambell99<\/a> started something with this …<\/p><\/div>\n

—————–<\/p>\n

This morning, the latest copy of The New Ontario Education Dictionary of Words<\/strong> (it is updated daily) appeared on my computer, and I turned to the appropriate page to see if it was indeed up-to-date. It was. (Coincidentally, this is quite an interesting collection of consecutive, yet somehow relevant words!!<\/em>)<\/p>\n

\"Pg<\/a><\/p>\n

I wonder — might there be some value in telling a story through a page of a dictionary? <\/strong><\/p>\n

Hmmm.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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