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Imporgent: Creating Urgency Around What is Important

Posted on October 28, 2021 by Derek Doucet — 2 Comments ↓

How might we reframe our thinking around how we spend our time? This is a question that has haunted me for years. I am a person who likes to be Continue Reading →

Posted in Culture of learning | 2 Comments ↓

Wait…what?

Posted on May 1, 2021 by Derek Doucet — 3 Comments ↓

How can we already be at the last F2F for Season 9? I feel equal parts “we were just getting started” and “why is Season 9 spanning three years?”. I Continue Reading →

Posted in Culture of learning, Pandemic Teaching | 3 Comments ↓

Under construction… and making #Lemonade

Posted on October 19, 2020 by Derek Doucet — 5 Comments ↓

It’s time to dust off this old blog and get some ideas flowing again. When I think about all that has happened since my last blog, it kind of blows Continue Reading →

Posted in Collaborative Learning, Pandemic Teaching, Personalized Learning | 5 Comments ↓

Love at First Sight: a Journey from Iterator to Innovator

Posted on January 7, 2018 by Derek Doucet — 3 Comments ↓

  I fell in love at first sight… at first I didn’t think it was my type but the more I explored the deeper I fell, the more I tried Continue Reading →

Posted in Action Plan, Culture of learning, design thinking, Personalized Learning | Tagged journey | 3 Comments ↓

Tremors as we Shift

Posted on March 8, 2017 by Derek Doucet — 5 Comments ↓

The Cascadia Subduction Zone isn’t the only thing that’s stuck in our world, and unlike a catastrophic events forecast for the west coast at a time unknown, we are in Continue Reading →

Posted in Action Plan, Assessment, Personalized Learning | Tagged assessment, culture of learning, FLE, Personalized Learning, Standards Based Assessment | 5 Comments ↓

Marathons, Toilet Paper and Language Learning

Posted on November 19, 2016 by Derek Doucet — 4 Comments ↓

“As with marathon runs and lengths of toilet paper, there had to be standards to measure up to.” Haruki Murakami. My question is… over time, how well have language learners measured Continue Reading →

Posted in Action Plan, Assessment, Personalized Learning, TPACK | Tagged Personalized Learning, Standards Based Assessment | 4 Comments ↓

Silver Jumpsuit Not Included… Welcome to Cohort21!

Posted on October 15, 2016 by Derek Doucet — 1 Comment ↓

There’s something special about getting back to school and seeing students you haven’t seen in months, not to mention meeting new students who have just joined your school. There’s an excitement Continue Reading →

Posted in Culture of learning | Tagged 1stF2F, Cohort21effects | 1 Comment ↓

Why continue to learn a language if you never get to speak?

Posted on April 22, 2016 by Derek Doucet — 6 Comments ↓

As a bilingual Canadian the French programs in English schools have always frustrated me. I never understood how so many people could graduate from schools after having taken 9-10 years of Continue Reading →

Posted in Action Plan, Assessment, Personalized Learning | 6 Comments ↓

Feedback – when it works and when it doesn’t

Posted on April 4, 2016 by Derek Doucet — Leave a reply

“My brain is hurting but not in a good way” was what I heard from a student while conferencing. She was reading a challenging article in French class, something of Continue Reading →

Posted in Culture of learning, Personalized Learning, Project Based Learning | Tagged culture of learning, Personalized Learning, project based learning | Leave a reply

I said WHAT?!

Posted on February 16, 2016 by Derek Doucet — 6 Comments ↓

One of my favourite part of being a language teacher is hearing students work it out while speaking. What I mean by that, is throwing in English words with a Continue Reading →

Posted in Personalized Learning | Tagged assessment, feedback | 6 Comments ↓

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