Year: 2013

So Blended Learning http://www.christenseninstitute.org/blended-learning-3/ is this idea that students are now learning through not only textbooks and library resources but through digital media systems as well; kind of exactly what Cohort21 is all about.  I found an interesting article from Scientific American that describes a discrepancy between information read from books and information read from … Continue reading “A Trepid Salvo on Blended Learning”

Looking through various different sites and resources online I recently came across November Learning at http://novemberlearning.com/blc-education-conference-2014/.  I don’t know much about the educational conferences they run but the organization seems to have been started by a man named Alan November.  How fitting, Mr. November running November Learning being found in November.  It begs the question of … Continue reading “What’s in a Name?”

Bloomberg Businessweek recently published an article by Devin Leonard entitled ‘The iPad Goes to School’.  http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-10-24/the-ipad-goes-to-school-the-rise-of-educational-tablets  Technology, it seems, is the only natural next step to educating our future citizens.  The proof seems to be out there; students learn with more access rather than less.  Our children can learn to be responsible citizens both in the … Continue reading “Learning in the Clouds”

As a teacher may, I was taking a look at the curriculum, making sure all the t’s were crossed and the i’s were dotted, and I was reminded of requirements to let our students know about famous Canadians.    I was reminded of a Nobel-winning scientist originally from Germany who moved to Saskatoon many, many … Continue reading “Planning and Patriotism”

    So one day has passed since my first exposure to a bunch of educators who are interested in the future of education and learning more about what they can do to be an active part of it . . . first they talked, then they ate and after that they talked some more. … Continue reading “Fringe Benefits of Learning on any given Saturday”

After my first day in Cohort21 and I feel as though I have won a free ride on a roller coaster through a wet mist holding a toaster plugged in to yesterday flying through today if I hold on and make it through I may know more of what to do in a class with … Continue reading “Cohort21 Begins . . .”

Welcome to Cohort 21 Cohort 21. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging! Cohort 21 is a unique professional development opportunity open to teachers and school leaders who are seeking to build a learning network amongst CIS Ontario member schools. The Cohort 21 community will be built on a foundation … Continue reading “Hello world!”