Year: 2014

21st Century Learner

Do I have a growth mind-set? (Also known as my epiphanic moment or the time I realized I may be uncomfortable with being uncomfortable.)

Written by Danielle Ganley

I have recently been reading Carol Dweck’s Mindset- The New Psychology of Success  as professional development.  I began reading the book to access the knowledge and strategies I needed to support my students.  I had begun to notice that some of my students were really uncomfortable with challenging work that asked a lot of them.  Even … Continue reading “Do I have a growth mind-set? (Also known as my epiphanic moment or the time I realized I may be uncomfortable with being uncomfortable.)”

21st Century Learner

Why Cohort 21 rocked my socks and may just do the same for your socks!

Written by Danielle Ganley

Last year, an email arrived from the Conference of Independent Schools offering teachers an opportunity to participate in a professional learning community with other educators from across Ontario.   This innovative program was built around the principles of 21st learning and what it means to be a teacher in this global community. The year long initiative … Continue reading “Why Cohort 21 rocked my socks and may just do the same for your socks!”

Action Plan

Using Collaborative Tools to Rethink the Feedback Model

Written by Danielle Ganley

         How is feedback changing for me? How am I changing feedback for my students? With the final session just days away, the action plan completed and the blog still to write, I will end this part of the journey with a reflection on feedback.  I think the biggest takeaway for me is … Continue reading “Using Collaborative Tools to Rethink the Feedback Model”

Action Plan

Why Feedback makes a horrible house guest…(Or why feedback really does matter!)

Written by Danielle Ganley

As the time ticks away on this action plan blog post, I sit in front of my computer with an idea.  Not a plan really just yet.  Just a simmering in the back of my mind for a long time, nagging, can’t be ignored for too much longer, slowly percolating  idea. But not a real … Continue reading “Why Feedback makes a horrible house guest…(Or why feedback really does matter!)”