Cohort 21

Capturing & Assessing Observations and Conversations – Interview with Parlay Ideas

Justin MedvedMay 31, 2017Guest Blogs

Since September 2010, assessment, evaluation, and reporting for students in Grades 1 to 12 in Ontario schools has been based...

Guest Post: Graham Vogt

Garth NicholsFebruary 8, 2017Guest Blogs

Many thanks to Graham Vogt for being a special guest at our last F2F at MaRS, but also taking the...

Google Hangout: Talking Digital Citizenship with Anthony Chuter

Garth NicholsApril 17, 2014Cohort 21 news Guest Blogs

Tonight (April 16th, 2014) we had a great conversation with Anthony Chuter, Tim Rollwagen, Justin Medved and Garth Nichols....

Guest Blogger Janelle Watson: Sochi Olympics and Transformative citizenship education in online learning

Garth NicholsFebruary 7, 2014Guest Blogs

Janelle Watson is highly engaged and experienced colleague of mine. Her life-long learning journey has landed her, currently at OISE,...

Guest Blogger: Anthony Chuter on Digital Citizenship

Garth NicholsFebruary 4, 2014Cohort 21 news Guest Blogs

Anthony Chuter is an ICT specialist who works at Bayview Glen School teaching students and teachers about effective technology use....

The Cohort Report – Nov. 12th

Garth NicholsNovember 13, 2013Cohort 21 news Guest Blogs

Cohort Members, [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="405"] This is a screen shot of a Google Hangout. There are 7 of us...

Guest Blogger #1: Dawn Imada Chan

Garth NicholsSeptember 29, 2013Guest Blogs

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="117"] Dawn Imada Chan:A 21st Century Educator[/caption] Dawn Imada Chan has been an educator for 14...

Test Coming Up? Have a Math Party! (Free Resources Included) February 27, 2020
(If you would like to run your own math party, HERE ARE ALL THE RESOURCES you will need, as well as instructions for printing and set up.) In my last post, I vowed to keep things short and sweet, then proceeded to ramble on for 599 words. So this time I’m going to do […]
Michael Moore
Test Coming Up? Have a Math Party! (Free Resources Included) February 27, 2020
(If you would like to run your own math party, HERE ARE ALL THE RESOURCES you will need, as well as instructions for printing and set up.) In my last post, I vowed to keep things short and sweet, then proceeded to ramble on for 599 words. So this time I’m going to do […]
Michael Moore
Testing out new strategies February 25, 2020
This year, I identified one of my challenges being that students are not always utilizing feedback in the most effective of ways. My students shared with me their favourite types of feedback and we worked together to develop a variety of strategies to ensure they were getting the most out of each learning engagement. I […]
Sarah Endsley
Testing out new strategies February 25, 2020
This year, I identified one of my challenges being that students are not always utilizing feedback in the most effective of ways. My students shared with me their favourite types of feedback and we worked together to develop a variety of strategies to ensure they were getting the most out of each learning engagement. I […]
Sarah Endsley
Question Breakdown February 24, 2020
I thought that I had come up with a really good question. I asked, How might we foster real, brave conversations between students and teachers that lead to real changes within a high-performance, high-output environment? This question sounds fancy. It sounds relevant. And it truly comes from a place of concern and care. But what […]
Eadaoin O'Boyle
Question Breakdown February 24, 2020
I thought that I had come up with a really good question. I asked, How might we foster real, brave conversations between students and teachers that lead to real changes within a high-performance, high-output environment? This question sounds fancy. It sounds relevant. And it truly comes from a place of concern and care. But what […]
Eadaoin O'Boyle
Long Time No Post… February 23, 2020
I was lucky enough to participate in Cohort 21 3 years ago and thoroughly enjoyed it. It was some of the best professional development I have done throughout my career over the last 15 years. Being involved in the program reignited my intellectual curiosity for teaching and learning having been stuck in somewhat of a […]
Laura Ross
Long Time No Post… February 23, 2020
I was lucky enough to participate in Cohort 21 3 years ago and thoroughly enjoyed it. It was some of the best professional development I have done throughout my career over the last 15 years. Being involved in the program reignited my intellectual curiosity for teaching and learning having been stuck in somewhat of a […]
Laura Ross
F2F3 Reflection February 23, 2020
It’s late, but it’s here. I was happy walking out of the third face to face because I finally felt like I was able to push my negativity aside and embrace what was being given to me – an entire day to engage with this process and the growth that comes with it. Prior to […]
Anastasia Corbett
F2F3 Reflection February 23, 2020
It’s late, but it’s here. I was happy walking out of the third face to face because I finally felt like I was able to push my negativity aside and embrace what was being given to me – an entire day to engage with this process and the growth that comes with it. Prior to […]
Anastasia Corbett