CIS Ontario is excited to announce an innovative new professional learning opportunity for its member schools. Cohort 21 seeks to build a community of passionate and like-minded independent school educators who are looking to explore what it means to be a teacher in the 21st century.
18 April, 2013
Published by jmedved in Face to Face
On the evening of April 17th seven Cohort 21 members experienced the power of Google Hangout for collaboration and planning. Below is the archive of the session. Over the thirty eight minutes Garth and I looked for feedback on some of the ideas we had for the final face to face session coming up on Saturday [...]
11 April, 2013
Published by jmedved in Face to Face
Dear Cohort 21 Members, We have just returned from the CIS Ontario Curriculum Leaders’ Conference where we presented on what Cohort 21 is, but also what YOU have been working towards and what YOU have accomplished so far. Thus buzz was incredible! You can see our PREZI that we used HERE. We wanted to [...]
Time flies in the world of teaching. Can you believe we are almost at March break? It has been just over a month since our third face 2 face session and Cohort 21 members have been busy implementing their action plans. A quick look at our recent post blog feed will reveal a snapshot of [...]
28 February, 2013
Published by Garth Nichols in Face to Face
Cohort 21 Nation, Time flies in the world of teaching. Can you believe we are almost at March break? It has been just over a month since our third face 2 face session and Cohort 21 members have been busy implementing their action plans. A quick look at our recent post blog feed will reveal [...]
26 January, 2013
Published by Garth Nichols in Action Plan, Face to Face
Thanks to St. Clements for a hosting us so graciously – you’ve showcased your school well, and the disposition your school has towards opening up what learning and education means in the 21st century. It was great to see the energy in the room, building off of a busy new year, and getting back into [...]
10 January, 2013
Published by jmedved in Action Plan
Happy new year! We trust you all had a restful and well deserved breaks. Can you believe we are right back into it! On January 26th, Cohort 21 comes together again for our third f2f session this time being held at St. Clements School, starting at 9:30am. In our last email you were tasked [...]
24 November, 2012
Published by Garth Nichols in Face to Face
We’ve had a great day at The York School thinking, sharing and learning with all the members of Cohort 21. We started the day with a great welcome back activity to help bring the community back together, and the excitement and openness in the room was palpable. The group had accomplished something that is not [...]
30 October, 2012
Published by Garth Nichols in News
…our face to face meetings has been full of wonderful posts, shout-outs on Twitter, and a sharing of resources, advice and support. It has been a wonderful beginning for many of us in the Cohort as we are finding mutual interests, and helping each other see technology, assessment, 21st century skills, and pedagogy in different [...]
20 October, 2012
Published by Cohort 21 in Face to Face
We are proud of you. We appreciate the work that you’ve done today, and that it may take a long time to have these tools become habit. Please don’t feel pressure to get on these tools and become high-end users right away – that is not the expectation. The expectation is that you are experimenting [...]
18 October, 2012
Published by Garth Nichols in News
As we approach our first face-to-face experience, there is a lot to plan and to get ready for. But this preparation is different than preparation for a conference, like OHASSTA, or for a staff meeting, or any other meeting. It’s different because the focus of Cohort 21 will be driven by you, the members. One [...]
Open Your Doors: Cohort 21 in Final Blog post… prior to to
Reflections, reflections My Final Reflection Slideshow No where, Now here?