Re-thinking learning for the 21st Century
Written by Allison Harding
First, an update. Since my last blog post and the completion of Phase 2 of my Action Plan (to create “A Toolkit for Flourishing“), I’ve been working on Phase 3: Implementation. Initially, I was not exactly sure what Phase 3 would look like. I knew that it would involve sharing out the Toolkit, and I […]
Written by Allison Harding
Action Plan Phase 2: check. Introducing: A Toolkit for Flourishing. I won’t say too much about it here, but rather, I hope that you’ll take a few moments to check it out! After brainstorming and playing around with a few different vehicles for compiling and presenting my research on flourishing, I […]
Written by Allison Harding
A Positive Vision for Positive Action After choosing to focus on flourishing for my Cohort 21 Action Plan, I decided to pursue this same topic in a graduate course that I began at the end of January. I devoted a fair bit of time during the month of February to research. I set out to […]
Written by Allison Harding
After an inspiring day and some very insightful conversations with Cohort 21ers at the MaRS Discovery District this past Friday, I walked away with exciting ideas about the various forms my action plan might take. For the rest of the weekend, my brain was abuzz with potential action plan prototypes (thanks to @lesmcbeth‘s wicked discussion on design thinking). Finally, […]
Written by Allison Harding
The Christmas season always presents a bit of a dichotomy. Musical Christmas classics that are on repeat tell us it is the “hap- happiest season of all.” Yet, the chaotic flurry of stressed, impatient shoppers in malls and grocery stores leading up to December 25th (and shortly thereafter), suggests otherwise. This Christmas – after being sent […]
Written by Allison Harding
Connection. My Grade 8 English class has spent the last several weeks unpacking this concept. It’s the Key Concept of our current MYP English unit titled, “The Youth Connection.” The students have spent much of the unit exploring different types of connections, as well as actually making connections (text-to-text, text-to-world and text-to-self). The vehicle through […]
Written by Allison Harding
1,373,000. According to AppBrain Stats that’s the current number of Android apps on the market. Not to mention the additional 1.3 million that are presently available in the Apple App Store. In addition to these apps, new websites, social media networks and e-learning environments are popping up daily. We are being inundated with digital technology at […]
