Reflections, Reactions, and Revolutions in Education
Written by Brent Hurley
Today’s blog post is about… you guessed… taking chances. It’s scary as a professional to also be a risk taker, yet I’ve found that it often leads to my best moments as a teacher. A few years back I took a chance and decided to take a year’s leave of absence so that I could … Continue reading “Taking Chances at Sea and in the Classroom”
Written by Brent Hurley
It is the start to a new school year and, for me, my start at a new school! My comfort level at my previous school came from 13 years of experience that invested in me confidence in my skills, great relationships with my colleagues, and a sense of purpose in what I was doing as … Continue reading “What happens when you change schools after 13 years???”
Written by Brent Hurley
I have struggled for weeks to identify in a coherent manner what I want to focus on for my Cohort Action Plan. Selfishly, I have used a challenge I’m facing in preparing for an upcoming unit as the foundation for my action plan. So, ladies and gentlemen, without further delay, here is the 2015 Spring … Continue reading “Action Plan: Skills vs Content in the Multi-Text English Classroom”
Written by Brent Hurley
Over the past two years my main focus has been essentially one thing: feedback! How can I leverage student feedback in the English classroom to improve my teaching, to create a more student-centered environment, and to allow students to communicate their learning to me in a manner that offered differentiation and promoted collaboration? Those are … Continue reading “Tech in the English Classroom: How Kaizena and Twitter are Game Changers”
Written by Brent Hurley
After missing the second F2F at BVG, I was able to reconnect with the Cohort21 crew and rediscover what makes this the best professional learning group in town, or province, or COUNTRY! The main thrust of today’s meeting was to understand Design Thinking Process and how we could apply this to our classes AND, potentially, … Continue reading “Cohort at maRS: An Action Plan is Awakened…”
Written by Brent Hurley
My introduction to Twitter only came last year as a new member of the Cohort21 team. Before then, my only real understanding of the tool was that people often were fired for their tweets of body parts or racist remarks. As the year progressed, I began to see that this was an invaluable professional development … Continue reading “Using Twitter to Promote Engagement in the English Classroom”
