{"id":63,"date":"2015-04-01T02:45:44","date_gmt":"2015-04-01T02:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/christinaschindler\/?p=63"},"modified":"2015-04-01T02:45:44","modified_gmt":"2015-04-01T02:45:44","slug":"y-is-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/christinaschindler\/2015\/04\/01\/y-is-for\/","title":{"rendered":"Y is for&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/christinaschindler\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/87\/files\/2015\/03\/Y-for-Yes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-64\" src=\"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/christinaschindler\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/87\/files\/2015\/03\/Y-for-Yes-300x178.jpg\" alt=\"Y for Yes\" width=\"300\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/christinaschindler\/files\/2015\/03\/Y-for-Yes-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cohort21.com\/christinaschindler\/files\/2015\/03\/Y-for-Yes-100x59.jpg 100w, https:\/\/cohort21.com\/christinaschindler\/files\/2015\/03\/Y-for-Yes.jpg 589w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff\">Yes&#8230;<\/span><\/strong>April is really right around the corner. <strong><span style=\"color: #008000\">Yes&#8230;<\/span><\/strong>Cohort21 really does end in a few short weeks.\u00a0\u00a0And <strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600\">yet<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff6600\">&#8230;<\/span><\/strong> I am nowhere near ready to see this professional development experience end. \u00a0So, this blog post is an update of \u00a0where I am in this learning journey so far.<\/p>\n<p>My action plan continues to focus on how student reflection can generate data of learning and growth over time. \u00a0Here are a few more details about how my plan has taken shape. \u00a0Five skills were selected as the tools to measure learning and growth in grade 5-8 classes, and they served as the framework for gathering evidence (artifacts of learning) that students showcased in their individual e-portfolio. These skills were communication, work ethic, teamwork, networking and individual and peer learning. \u00a0Students and teachers spent one month exploring each skill to develop a depth of understanding and experience as well as a high level of student ownership and confidence.<\/p>\n<p>The e-portfolio has been a wonderful tool to empower students to make connections between their use of specific skills and their learning experience, all in a self-directed manner. (Admittedly, the self-directed part has grown and evolved since the start, but we are well underway at this point in time).\u00a0\u00a0 The girls have enjoyed making their e-portfolio into a digital tool that reflects who they are and how they learn, and the self-selection of artifacts of learning has been a key part in this empowerment and ownership.<\/p>\n<p>Over the last few weeks, I have been working specifically on the data piece of this action plan. I have been gathering information, including survey results (from students &amp; teachers) as well as one-on-one interviews with several students and teachers, all of which provided me with more information on the personal experiences as well as overall student and teacher perspectives on the process and the tools.<\/p>\n<p><em>Here are a few early observations &amp; learning moments\u00a0in my action plan so far:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The girls continue to demonstrate their fearless potential to explore and immerse in new technologies, regardless of their age. There is abundant creativity evident in their original products.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><em><em>[Almost] all of the students are eager to share their work and their learning connections with each other. \u00a0There is a lot of learning to be explored in this part of the program too!<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>A next step involves considering how to build in more meaningful peer-to-peer sharing time throughout this e-portfolio process. \u00a0This will be key for the end of the program in May and moving ahead for next <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">year<\/span><\/strong>.\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><em><em>The teachers see the value in the standards based discussion of learning skills. One Teacher shared that she uses these standards as conversation tools (as the situation arises in her classroom) so that she can help the girls to make meaningful connections between these skills and their overall learning experience \u2013 <strong><span style=\"color: #800080\">yeah!<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>This experience has generated meaningful conversation around the purpose and value of both tech tools and learning skills as central components of the learning environment, prompting the start of planning for a specific advisor program curriculum for next year.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I look forward to seeing where the end result of this action plan will go, specially as explained through the products and voices of the girls who were engaged in this learning process. \u00a0I am also eager to see the end results of the collaborative efforts of where this idea can go as we work to build some specific advisor curriculum and programming with the teachers for next year.<\/p>\n<p>Until then, your thoughts and ideas are always appreciated. 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