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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
When I was thirteen, my family moved to Birmingham England. My parents were teachers of the arts and we were going on exchange from a small rural community in Ontario to a city that was the heart of the industrial revolution. It was, needless to say, an experience that was an outright assault on all […]
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 […]