Jen Kelly's thoughts on teaching French in the 21st Century
Written by Jennifer Kelly
I will soon be posting details about my Action Plan, and I’m happy to see that Ruth McArthur and Derek Doucet will be exploring personalized learning as well over the next few months. It will be great to bounce ideas off one another. Although I’ve been absent from the Cohort 21 blog since our last … Continue reading “Meaningful collaboration between Canada and France”
Written by Jennifer Kelly
It’s been a whirlwind fall term and I love taking time away from my everyday responsibilities to check in with the Cohort 21 blogs, to see and learn from what others are posting. I have only commented on a small portion of the posts, but I’ve really enjoyed everything I’ve read! I hope that more … Continue reading “Our 2nd face-to-face meeting”
Written by Jennifer Kelly
Hello Cohort, I need your help! My resolution this year is to provide as many opportunities as possible for my students to learn French in an authentic way. Typically, I think of an authentic end product or performance that I want students to work toward, but over the past few weeks my students have been … Continue reading “Grappling with Assessment”
Written by Jennifer Kelly
I’m glad I’ve given myself a full day (and night*) before commenting on the first face-to-face session with Cohort 21 (*full disclosure: my husband said I was talking about Cohort 21 in my sleep last night!!) Here are my impressions of a few things that were covered in yesterday’s session: Garth and Justin launched right … Continue reading “24 hours later…”
Written by Jennifer Kelly
Cohort 21 is a unique professional development opportunity open to teachers and school leaders who are seeking to build a learning network amongst CIS Ontario member schools. The Cohort 21 community will be built on a foundation of collaboration and innovation and together, will investigate and refine 21st century teaching and learning best practices through … Continue reading “Cohort 21 launches!”