Update on last year’s Action Plan

As I promised last week, today I’m back with an update on my 2015-2016 Action Plan, which centred around the question “How might we restructure Communications Technology to provide more and better opportunities for personalization and project-based learning?” Although it was technically last year’s Action Plan, it was a large project of which I merely […]

Action Plan reflection

Well, suffice it to say that I didn’t get that promised blog post written in time. It will come next week, though. In the meantime, here is my Action Plan reflection slide deck. You can also view it here. Thank you, everyone, for all of the support, encouragement, and inspiration you have provided this year!

On Failure

This blog post has been rattling around in my brain, partially formed, for some time now. Something inside me was not willing to let it out by actually sitting down and writing it and then hitting “post”. But the time has come. Yesterday, catching up on my fellow Cohort-ers blogs, I came across @lmcbeth’s  “I’m […]

Seth Godin on the Cohort

Thanks to @jmedved and @gnichols, every morning I start my day with a small dose of Seth Godin’s wisdom. Here’s what I came across today (and I’m sure most of you have seen it as well): For accessibility reasons, I’ll repost the original text here: It’s tempting to seek to change just one person at […]

Tis the Season: on authentic assessments

When it comes to assessment, traditional pen-and-paper tests are pretty much as far from authentic as you can get: one student, performing in a singular modality, with the teacher as the only viewer. Projects can be more authentic, but until there is an audience outside of the classroom, it can be hard to get students […]

You are who you say you are

I am sitting in silence for the first time in two days. My brain has been begging for it after two busy, high-energy days of presenting and learning at the Summit previously known as GAFE (now GSuite) in Vernon, BC with the EdTechTeam. Two full days jammed packed with tips and tricks, inspiring keynotes, and […]

L’éternel recommencement

Wow. Il est difficile de croire que l’on est déjà en octobre, presque arrivé aux congés d’Action de grâce. Le mois de septembre s’est passé vite; c’est comme ce que l’on dit: le temps file quand on s’amuse! Pour les enseignants et les étudiants, le mois de septembre représente toujours un nouveau départ. Tout le […]