21st Century Educator Preparing Students for their Future.
… 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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Final reflections in the form of a Pecha Kucha – 20 slides & 20 seconds per slide. Effective and efficient – what do you want to share? It isn’t lost Continue Reading →
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 →
When you walk into a McDonald’s restaurant, you are immediately overcome with the familiar aroma that accompanies McDonald’s from Toronto to South Korea. You know exactly what you’re going to get, and Continue Reading →
When Lakefield College posted a job for a Technology Integrator to help support teachers in our transition to Mac computers, I immediately wanted it. Having done Cohort21 I felt I was Continue Reading →
Moving forward with my action plan of address time as it pertains to learning and shifting cultures of learning in the school has been… well… slow. I have spent a lot of Continue Reading →
It’s funny to hear what teachers have to say about professional development. Some love it, and some really dislike it, and to those who hate it, you’re doing in wrong! Continue Reading →