My intention this year was to move beyond Resource Centre electronic tools and email-based information sharing practices to cloud-based information sharing (e.g., Diigo) and communicating within Cohort 21 through blogging, Google hangouts and tweeting. This has been a challenging experience for this \u201cdigital immigrant.\u201d<\/p>\n
Exploring new ideas and dialoguing about educational issues is the best part of my job. I read magazines, watch Ted Talks and follow list serve blasts all to stay current. Cohort 21 felt like a buffet of new tastes to try. My learning insight was a reminder that new ideas, even ones grounded in research and filled with promise, need time, patience and an implementation plan that reflects school context. I plan to move forward with the following strategies:<\/p>\n
Understanding motivation.<\/em> New electronic tools are in great supply and are tempting. For digital natives, they might be like regularly scheduled upgrades rather than new concepts. Before jumping in, the \u201cdigital immigrant\u201d in me still stops to consider, \u201cDoes it fit within the school strategic plan? Is it a priority of my school division or department? Are there school policies that impact use of this product?\u201d Equally important, \u201cWill it enhance student learning in a way that I can measure<\/em>?\u201d If not, \u201cwhy use it?\u201d<\/p>\n Consider context and time demands<\/em>. What are the current school priorities? Where is the school in both the CAIS school accreditation cycle and strategic planning process? What other school-wide initiatives are planned? What co-curricular and extra curricular programming is underway? Are teachers\u2019 plates already full? Where does it fit within my<\/em> priority list?<\/p>\n Responding to<\/em> different learning styles<\/em>. In my case, face-to-face discussions, skill-building activities and trouble-shooting support during implementation is critical. This requires time as well as outside skilled expertise. In any group, there may also be \u201cdigital native\u201d educators working ahead who need no support. It\u2019s still helpful for them to share their achievements.<\/p>\n Create time for consolidation of learning<\/em>, especially when the learning curve is steep. This means hours dedicated to feedback, discussion, re-teaching\/coaching and measuring results. Is there room within the current PD schedule?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" My intention this year was to move beyond Resource Centre electronic tools and email-based information sharing practices to cloud-based information sharing (e.g., Diigo) and communicating within Cohort 21 through blogging, Google hangouts and tweeting. This has been a challenging experience for this \u201cdigital immigrant.\u201d Exploring new ideas and dialoguing about educational issues is the best … Continue reading “Final Reflection and Plan of Action”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/catherinemccauley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/catherinemccauley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/catherinemccauley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/catherinemccauley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/catherinemccauley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/catherinemccauley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/catherinemccauley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/catherinemccauley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/catherinemccauley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}