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David Truss
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A husband, a parent… An educator, a student… A thinker, a dreamer… An agent of change.

I blog daily here: http://daily-ink.davidtruss.com
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A community of learners
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A community of learners
Here are 4 quotes from student self reflections. I saved the most creative on for last. I absolutely love how the kid created a metaphor, but understood that it wasn’t a perfect analogy, so he updated
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November 14, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Do not disturb
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Do not disturb
For almost a year now I’ve left my phone on ‘Do Not Disturb’ all day. I only ever change it when I’m expecting a call. Other than that it stays muted. I have gone into my settings and set up ‘Allow No
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November 13, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Doing hard things
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Doing hard things
My workouts have stagnated a bit recently. I’m doing the minimum, but the good news is that I’m still showing up. Yesterday I did my first interval training in about 3 or 4 weeks. I want to do it week
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November 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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The ego and the way
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The ego and the way
Intelligence is blind to ignorance. While it is true that the smarter you get, the more likely you are to realize how little you know; It is also true that the smarter you get, the less likely you are
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November 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Fall appreciation
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Fall appreciation
Fall in Vancouver is usually defined by rain. Pouring, ever present rain with a gloomy sky, often unable to see where exactly the sun is. You can sometimes go days without seeing the sun for more than
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November 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Fuelling my disillusionment
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Fuelling my disillusionment
A few months ago I wrote the following in response to a LinkedIn post, and then saved it in my drafts. The problem is, I didn’t copy the link to the original post properly. Furthermore, if I recall, i
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November 10, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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Follow our journey
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Follow our journey
Dave Sands and I are finally sharing our goal scheduled for next August. We are going to ‘Everest the Crunch’. What does that mean? Mount Everest is 8,849 meters high. The path we take when we walk up
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November 9, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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The struggle is real
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The struggle is real
Today I wanted to quit. I’ve procrastinated for over an hour and a half, and my morning routine will be incomplete. Doubt kept circulating in my head. I feel like I have absolutely nothing to say. It’
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November 7, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Emotionally invested
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Emotionally invested
“When students are emotionally invested in the learning process, commitment and performance will typically go up. Scott Barry Kaufman, a psychologist who studies learning and creativity, said, “If we
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November 6, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Technical difficulties
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Technical difficulties
I’m surprised that the Jetpack app that I use to publish about 95% of my Daily-Ink posts is so buggy. I often hit ‘Publish’ then get an error. When that happens the post usually publishes anyway, but
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November 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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An AI advertisement
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An AI advertisement
I scrolled past this add a few times before paying any attention to it. But then it gave off an uncanny valley feeling that made me look a little closer. I think it was the very staged first question
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November 4, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Do not amplify if you can not verify
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Do not amplify if you can not verify
This is a simple, but potent message. Before hitting the 'Like' or 'Share' button, before telling someone about the interesting fact you heard online, verify it in some way. Is it true? Do some Groun
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November 3, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Ground Truthing
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Ground Truthing
The term 'ground truthing' was shared with me last night by a friend, Neil. I had never heard the term before so did a quick MS365 Copilot request to learn more. Ground truthing is the process of col
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November 2, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Rent free
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Rent free
There are a couple people who I don’t really like, who also happen to live rent free in my brain. It really bugs me that these two people can surface in my mind like an itchy scab. I want to forget th
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November 1, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Ripple in time
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Ripple in time
I was at a dinner with some online school principals from other districts last night and one of them mentioned the influence that I had back in the early days of Twitter. It was interesting to hear hi
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October 31, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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A quick road trip
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A quick road trip
Later today I head to Kamloops for an all-day meeting tomorrow. The principals of Provincial Online Schools are meeting. We connect with the Ministry of Education in the morning, and spend the rest of
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October 30, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Margins over manpower
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Margins over manpower
Amazon just laid off over 14,000 people. According to Beth Galetti, Senior Vice President of People Experience and Technology at Amazon, who wrote that they are ‘Staying nimble and continuing to stren
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October 29, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Knowledge Keepers
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Knowledge Keepers
For generations we have looked to our elders as the knowledge keepers. Now knowledge is stored in bits and bytes, and shared in video format. A boy doesn't look to dad or granddad to learn how to shav
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October 28, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Show me don’t tell me
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Show me don’t tell me
I can’t imagine that resumes and cover letters are going to look the same in the next few years. Basically, with everyone using AI to enhance or even completely write these documents, they aren’t goin
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October 27, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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Pruning – Strategic Subtraction
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Pruning - Strategic Subtraction
One of my favourite quotes comes from Derek Sivers: “If more information was the answer, then we'd all be billionaires with perfect abs.” When looking at Dr Simon Breakspear’s ‘The Pruning Pri
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October 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Generic platitudes
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Generic platitudes
One of the odd little things about running two schools in my district is that often, when someone has gotten hold of our school mailing list to send out emails, I get two of them… one for each school.
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October 24, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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AI Infiltration
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AI Infiltration
Do you want an AI to be able to read and reply to your email? Wouldn’t that be great? Yes, but I’m not doing it! My personal email is a gateway to everything I do on the web, and that includes my d
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October 23, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Make the average better
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Make the average better
There is a saying that I love, which goes like this: ‘You are the average of the people you spend the most time with.’ I’ve seen it over and over again at school. Take a kid who’s floundering,
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October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Sick season
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Sick season
One of my secretaries was sick all last week. Last night I had two messages from teachers telling me they’ll be away today. One of them doesn’t even work in my building on Mondays so it’s not like the
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October 21, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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In my lifetime
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In my lifetime
I was only one-and-a-half years old when Apollo 11 landed on the moon just 56 years ago. The computer guidance system was sophisticated for the day, but simple by today’s standards. Years later when I
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October 20, 2025 at 1:22 PM