What happens to our face-to-face relationships when an increasing amount of our "social time" is spent in online environments? In particular, how is school culture impacted when, increasingly, teachers are finding their Professional Learning Networks and day-to-day supports on Social Media platforms?

This week's conversation took place just after National Pink Shirt Day in Canada—an initiative that, on the one hand, raises awareness about different forms of bullying but, on the other, draws attention to the power of kindness. Is kindness something can be taught and, if so, what are some of the powerful ways that this can be done?

What metaphorical images do you bring to your work as an educator? Teacher as... Gardener? Pilot? Magician? And when you explore that image a little deeper, what does it mean for the way you see your students, parents and others in your field of vision?