Re-thinking learning for the 21st Century
Written by Ashley Bailey
Guys. Snapchat isn’t what I thought. I mean, it is. It’s a powerful Augmented Reality tool that teens are using ALL.THE.TIME. And PROLIFICALLY. But once I got into it, my ideas (see the previous post) of how to use it in my classroom shifted. I thought I’d use it for kids who missed class, snapping English […]
Written by Ashley Bailey
What Is Snapchat? Snapchat is that app that became infamous for sending naked selfies that would disappear. Remember that? Well, its image has changed. Now, Snapchat offers its users a number of different options to follow friends, celebrities, and media outlets like CNN and the Food Network – and teens use it every day. While […]
Written by Ashley Bailey
You can take a look at my action plan reflection and summary here: [youtube]https://youtu.be/ToRjH3WuMdU[/youtube] All that is Gold : The Plan My Action Plan: Engaging students in deep reading of literature using digitally native technology. Did it work? YES! But how? After my students and I co-designed designed study tools, coming up with: Crash Course-style […]
Written by Ashley Bailey
Wild times in Ms. Bailey’s Class, folks! But I’m eating them up. Four things are happening in class right now: 1. My class has designed and is creating study tools for themselves and their peers. 2. My class is engaging thoroughly with literature they need to study. 3. They are using native (and somewhat […]
Written by Ashley Bailey
Down The Rabbit Hole When in doubt, use students as guinea pigs (as rabbits?). So, in doubt, I invited my students to join me on my journey towards seamless tech integration in the Lit class. BACKGROUND: I had my students fill out a survey for me which addressed their use of technology, their work habits, and […]
Written by Ashley Bailey
The Vision. ( Cue: dramatic movie-trailer voice) In a world where students live online and learning lives in the classroom, one teacher will dare to “connect”. Will she succeed in incorporating online life, content learning, and sound pedagogy? Or will she and her students fail miserably and descend into an abyss of disconnectivity and despair? […]
Written by Ashley Bailey
Stop, drop, and roll! Cohort 21 is on FIRE. When we start to “rethink 21st century learning” a big question we ask is, “what’s next?” Many answers come up, but in all these answers, and with so many new tech-savvy techniques, the most intriguing theme is about the role of the teacher. We are shifting […]
Written by Ashley Bailey
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 […]