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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 ↓

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 ↓

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 ↓

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

Sorry, I don’t speak French…

Posted on January 11, 2016 by Derek Doucet — 1 Comment ↓

… I mean I took French until Grade 12 but I never learned to speak. Everyone in my family is bad at French. Sound familiar? For decades, we’ve graduated students who’ve Continue Reading →

Posted in Culture of learning, Personalized Learning | 1 Comment ↓

Location, Location, Location

Posted on November 19, 2015 by Derek Doucet — 11 Comments ↓

It’s often what you hear when you’re watching Love It or List It but I argue the same is true for learning. Do students ever walk in to your class, slump down Continue Reading →

Posted in Collaborative Learning, Culture of learning | Tagged Classroomdesign, learningspaces | 11 Comments ↓

Cohort21… A Community as, for and of Learning

Posted on October 27, 2015 by Derek Doucet — 7 Comments ↓

Overwhelmed… a common side-effect of the first F2F session of C21! There is so much flying around; the Toolkit, #DesignThinking, what other people are doing and your own ideas on how Continue Reading →

Posted in Collaborative Learning, Culture of learning, Uncategorized | 7 Comments ↓

The C21 Effect…

Posted on September 30, 2015 by Derek Doucet — 6 Comments ↓

When I first embarked on the Cohort21 experience in its first year, I remember being really nervous but so excited. Once I signed up and read the short description I Continue Reading →

Posted in Collaborative Learning, Culture of learning | 6 Comments ↓

A “Happy Meal” PD Prototype That Will Make You Grimace

Posted on April 20, 2015 by Derek Doucet — 3 Comments ↓

The the support of a great team, which includes @brenthurley, and in true McDonalds fashion, we have implemented a Professional Development Framework that involves some of the key aspects (choice, level Continue Reading →

Posted in Collaborative Learning, Culture of learning, Personalized Learning | 3 Comments ↓

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