{"id":603,"date":"2018-10-11T18:49:48","date_gmt":"2018-10-11T18:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/garthnichols\/?p=603"},"modified":"2018-10-11T18:49:48","modified_gmt":"2018-10-11T18:49:48","slug":"did-you-join-cohort-21-for-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/garthnichols\/21st-century-skills\/did-you-join-cohort-21-for-this\/","title":{"rendered":"Did you join Cohort 21 for this?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/garthnichols\/files\/2018\/10\/5a7f0ed1-7305-4fcf-9bda-18469557727a-460c3a40-2e53-4037-a584-fc6296ed349a-v1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-610 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/garthnichols\/files\/2018\/10\/5a7f0ed1-7305-4fcf-9bda-18469557727a-460c3a40-2e53-4037-a584-fc6296ed349a-v1-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"165\" height=\"165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/garthnichols\/files\/2018\/10\/5a7f0ed1-7305-4fcf-9bda-18469557727a-460c3a40-2e53-4037-a584-fc6296ed349a-v1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/cohort21.com\/garthnichols\/files\/2018\/10\/5a7f0ed1-7305-4fcf-9bda-18469557727a-460c3a40-2e53-4037-a584-fc6296ed349a-v1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/cohort21.com\/garthnichols\/files\/2018\/10\/5a7f0ed1-7305-4fcf-9bda-18469557727a-460c3a40-2e53-4037-a584-fc6296ed349a-v1.png 398w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 165px) 100vw, 165px\" \/><\/a>To keep doing what you&#8217;re doing?<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>To keep using your hunches and experience as truth?<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>To keep teaching students the same today as you did years ago?<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Did you join Cohort 21 for this?<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Probably not. But maybe&#8230; So think about this. And to help you reflect on this, here are some prompts:<\/p>\n<p>(1) From <a href=\"https:\/\/itilbury.wordpress.com\/2016\/12\/09\/leading-learning-seriesthe-importance-of-dylan-wiliam\/\">Leading Learning<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>This is a great blog that asks great questions about education, and what it means to be an educator in today&#8217;s changing landscape. Here is why we all need to continue to learn:<a href=\"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/garthnichols\/files\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-11-at-2.18.05-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-604\" src=\"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/garthnichols\/files\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-11-at-2.18.05-PM-234x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"234\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/garthnichols\/files\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-11-at-2.18.05-PM-234x300.png 234w, https:\/\/cohort21.com\/garthnichols\/files\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-11-at-2.18.05-PM.png 552w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2) From the same blog, here are some great thoughts on the role that assessment and learning play in learning, and how to press these levers to deeper learning<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/garthnichols\/files\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-11-at-2.17.47-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-605\" src=\"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/garthnichols\/files\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-11-at-2.17.47-PM-300x168.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"456\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/garthnichols\/files\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-11-at-2.17.47-PM-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/cohort21.com\/garthnichols\/files\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-11-at-2.17.47-PM-768x429.png 768w, https:\/\/cohort21.com\/garthnichols\/files\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-11-at-2.17.47-PM-1024x572.png 1024w, https:\/\/cohort21.com\/garthnichols\/files\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-11-at-2.17.47-PM-620x346.png 620w, https:\/\/cohort21.com\/garthnichols\/files\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-11-at-2.17.47-PM.png 1342w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 456px) 100vw, 456px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n3) From <a href=\"http:\/\/tguskey.com\/can-improve-professional-inquiry\/\">Thomas Guskey&#8217;s website<\/a>\u00a0comes this prompt about how we focus our work on professional development in relation to student learning development: that we would never ask our students to work as we work<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/garthnichols\/files\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-11-at-2.23.54-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-606\" src=\"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/garthnichols\/files\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-11-at-2.23.54-PM-300x195.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"466\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/garthnichols\/files\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-11-at-2.23.54-PM-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/cohort21.com\/garthnichols\/files\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-11-at-2.23.54-PM-768x499.png 768w, https:\/\/cohort21.com\/garthnichols\/files\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-11-at-2.23.54-PM-1024x666.png 1024w, https:\/\/cohort21.com\/garthnichols\/files\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-11-at-2.23.54-PM-620x403.png 620w, https:\/\/cohort21.com\/garthnichols\/files\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-11-at-2.23.54-PM.png 1578w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3) From <a href=\"https:\/\/katielmartin.com\/2016\/02\/27\/10-characteristics-of-professional-learning-that-shifts-practice\/\">Katie Martin&#8217;s website<\/a>, professional practice for educators is best situated around 10 key characteristics:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/garthnichols\/files\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-11-at-2.27.26-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-607\" src=\"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/garthnichols\/files\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-11-at-2.27.26-PM-300x187.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"427\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/garthnichols\/files\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-11-at-2.27.26-PM-300x187.png 300w, https:\/\/cohort21.com\/garthnichols\/files\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-11-at-2.27.26-PM-768x479.png 768w, https:\/\/cohort21.com\/garthnichols\/files\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-11-at-2.27.26-PM-1024x638.png 1024w, https:\/\/cohort21.com\/garthnichols\/files\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-11-at-2.27.26-PM-620x387.png 620w, https:\/\/cohort21.com\/garthnichols\/files\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-11-at-2.27.26-PM.png 1360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So, if you didn&#8217;t join Cohort 21 for more of the same, what did you join Cohort 21 for?<\/p>\n<p>I hope it is to deepen yourself as a lifelong learner and professional educator!<br \/>\nI hope it is to plug yourself into a learning network to inspire you when you need it!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/garthnichols\/files\/2018\/10\/a43b7122-1ecd-430a-8a7b-1e18ab6b1666-460c3a40-2e53-4037-a584-fc6296ed349a-v1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-609\" src=\"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/garthnichols\/files\/2018\/10\/a43b7122-1ecd-430a-8a7b-1e18ab6b1666-460c3a40-2e53-4037-a584-fc6296ed349a-v1-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" 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To keep using your hunches and experience as truth? To keep teaching students the same today as you did years ago? Did you join Cohort 21 for this? Probably not. But maybe&#8230; So think about this. And to help you reflect on this, here are some prompts: (1) From&#8230;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/garthnichols\/21st-century-skills\/did-you-join-cohort-21-for-this\/\">Read more <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":610,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":18,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[20,81,17],"class_list":["post-603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-21st-century-skills","tag-authenticity","tag-engagement","tag-growth-mindset"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/garthnichols\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/garthnichols\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/garthnichols\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/garthnichols\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/garthnichols\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=603"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/garthnichols\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":611,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/garthnichols\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603\/revisions\/611"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/garthnichols\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/garthnichols\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/garthnichols\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/garthnichols\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}