Slow Collaboration

  Nearing the final F2F of this season, I have been thinking about a few of the central aspects of this experience that will linger beyond the final reflection post. I am not a natural collaborator, more often mentally driven to seek solutions and overcome hardships in solitude. It has been this attribute that has […]

This is (not) my idea

As this third #cohort21 face to face session progresses I continue to have moments where brilliant ideas about my action plan arise. At first, I am very self congratulatory about coming up with such important realizations about ideation, implementation, conceptualization and articulation, Until…. I reflect and actually realize these moments are being constructed (and stolen) […]

Action Plan

  As the snow settles after the first semester, I thought it about time to attempt an articulation of my action plan for this year. After the rigorously rewarding face to face session at York, I felt much more clear headed about where I was going with cohort 21. Built upon a wall of post-it […]

Echo Chambers and Empowerment

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/11/war-goes-viral/501125/ http://http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/10/magazine/10Section2a.t-4.html   The past month has been characterized primarily by a theoretical and conceptual approach to technology. Aside from the routine and functional daily engagement with email, social media, cloud based collaboration and presentation software, my interactions with technology have been abstracted into the realm of contemplation. Unfortunately, these ruminations have trafficked in uncertainty […]

Welcome to Cohort 21

Welcome to Cohort 21. This is the first post on your new blog. This journal is an integral part of your Cohort 21 experience. Here you will reflect, share and collaborate as you move through the C21 learning cycle towards your action plan. Cohort 21 is a unique professional development opportunity open to CIS Ontario […]