Re-thinking learning for the 21st Century
Written by Tomas Johnstone
Last year I was honored to become a member of the #Cohort21 Season 5 group. It was a year of learning, networking but above all discovering a hunger of finding ways to innovate at school. After lots of help and input from a great number of the Cohort21 facilitators/coaches and other members of the group I was […]
Written by Tomas Johnstone
My daughter’s favorite book is called “It’s okay to make mistakes” by Todd Parr and in one the last pages it says. “It’s ok to be quiet, being quiet can make you a good listener”. After our F2F at MaRs, I had a clear idea and a plan on how to put in place my […]
Written by Tomas Johnstone
After thinking about my Action Plan, I have decided to divide it into three different areas. The first one was to Create meaningful conversations with my students and have them comment on them. After the first round of report cards, I asked my students if they have read the Learning Skills comments. The answer was NO, not […]
Written by Tomas Johnstone
Here is my V4.0 question How might we drive more meaningful learning for our students? Thanks to @nblair @jweening and @jmedved for your input. After a morning of deep thinking and active listening, my final question took shape and with the five why’s I realized what the urgency of my plan was. I want students […]
Written by Tomas Johnstone
My Action Plan question is on the wall in my class. I look at it every day for a couple of seconds and try to think about one thing I can do that day to make sense of it. I look at it every day for a couple of seconds and try to think […]
Written by Tomas Johnstone
During the registration process for Cohort 21 we were asked the following question: If you were a T-Shirt, what would it say?. I knew my answer straight away, a statement that I repeat very often to all my students and to myself. “If you don’t make mistakes you will never get it right” I teach […]
Written by Tomas Johnstone
Welcome to Cohort 21. This is the first post on your new blog. This journal is an integral part of your Cohort 21 experience. Here you will reflect, share and collaborate as you move through the C21 learning cycle towards your action plan. Cohort 21 is a unique professional development opportunity open to CIS Ontario […]
