Re-thinking learning for the 21st Century
Written by Allison Campbell-Rogers
I’ve been thinking about the session 1 F2F homework and the direction for my action plan this past month, but I haven’t felt that I was in a place to really articulate a ‘blog worthy’ plan just yet. I am in my second year of Cohort 21 however, and the ‘Cohort Effect’ messaging is getting … Continue reading “Sometimes we just need a prompt…”
Written by Allison Campbell-Rogers
… after my year as a ‘Cohorter’. I began to see myself differently. I began to believe that I could do things. Crazy, RIDICULOUS things. I began Cohort21 last fall with a sense of trepidation; I did not consider myself tech-savvy, I didn’t know what a ‘tweet deck’ was or how to use Google Forms … Continue reading “A funny thing happened …”
Written by Allison Campbell-Rogers
Before the excitement starts to settle and give way to culminating task immersion, marking and reporting, I am taking a moment to distill the mess of ideas buzzing around my mind after my year as a Cohort 21 participant. These conversations began at the final F2F last Friday, but as I have discovered about myself … Continue reading “Cohort21: An Adventure Distilled”
Written by Allison Campbell-Rogers
The phrase ‘the end of the beginning’ resonates as I sit down to gather my ‘placemats’, notes, piles of reading, and thoughts on this incredible Cohort experience. It is hard to know where to begin because of this nagging feeling …”but I’m not DONE yet !!!!!” I understand of course, that I will never be … Continue reading “Slow Thinker, Fast World”
Written by Allison Campbell-Rogers
Hi there Cohorters! I hope everyone has had a great break from their routines these past couple of weeks. I have just returned refreshed from rural Cuba, tech-free, advertising free and utterly in slo-mo for the last week. Bliss. I have found in my Cohort experience that many little side-bar projects have crept into what … Continue reading “Side-Bar Projects”
Written by Allison Campbell-Rogers
I have spent a lot of time in ‘thinking mode’ since the last F2F. I had been worried about the fact that my action plan had not advanced to a great degree, yet I was still interested in my topic and so I took the advice I often give my students: keep reading, keep mulling … Continue reading “Sometimes we have to be patient…”
