{"id":103,"date":"2026-10-03T14:48:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T18:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/danielleleuchter\/?p=103"},"modified":"2026-10-03T14:48:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T18:48:13","slug":"important-vs-unimportant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/danielleleuchter\/2026\/10\/03\/important-vs-unimportant\/","title":{"rendered":"Important vs. Unimportant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I joined Cohort 21 to connect and collaborate with other CIS educators and rethink design-thinking experiments in ways that feel realistic and authentic. My goals this year: In Grade 6, I\u2019ll work with the IT coordinator to refine the XPRIZE project, review what worked last year, and adjust what may not be working for students. In Grade 7 history and\/or geography, I\u2019d like to explore a separate design-thinking idea with my teaching partner. Our first step will be to speak with my teaching partner, and then I\u2019d like to see how my students respond as we continue to work through our curriculum. An important goal: As we continue through the curriculum, I\u2019ll pay close attention to how students respond. I\u2019m not yet sure what the design-thinking idea will look like, but I hope to discover where I can get the most attention from my students and what will make them most excited to learn about. I\u2019m looking forward to working with a community where I can talk through ideas, get feedback, and run them through to ensure I\u2019m being realistic. I can connect with colleagues through the WhatsApp group, online meetings, and face-to-face meetups. Making time to brainstorm and get feedback matters to me because it helps me stay grounded and gives me opportunities to refine my ideas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I joined Cohort 21 to connect and collaborate with other CIS educators and rethink design-thinking experiments in ways that feel realistic and authentic. My goals this year: In Grade 6, I\u2019ll work with the IT coordinator to refine the XPRIZE project, review what worked last year, and adjust what may not be working for students. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":528,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/danielleleuchter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/danielleleuchter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/danielleleuchter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/danielleleuchter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/528"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/danielleleuchter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/danielleleuchter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/danielleleuchter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103\/revisions\/104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/danielleleuchter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/danielleleuchter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/danielleleuchter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}