Re-thinking learning for the 21st Century
Written by Kristen Richardson
As I am starting this post, I’m feeling a bit like a bad teacher. I’m sitting in class typing while everyone is working on group presentations, but I haven’t put myself in the corner… they have. I quote, “Miss, we’ve got this”. It’s an odd feeling to be doing the thing I have been told […]
Written by Kristen Richardson
At a recent department meeting, the question was posed to us whether we would like to have been students in our own classrooms. As I pondered that, I also started to wonder what it would have been like to teach teenage me… The answer I came to was not pleasant- I think teaching myself would […]
Written by Kristen Richardson
When it comes to my “how might we” question, I have to say I’m struggling, feeling like I’ve hit a bit of a wall (or slump, block, you choose the term!), so thank you first to @ckirsh for reaching out and prompting me to ask for help, because I certainly feel like I needed the push! I […]
Written by Kristen Richardson
I’ve been thinking a lot about marks and grades and grade arguments and anxiety and university applications and all of the pressure that students feel about that 84 or 92 that gets stamped across their work. In part, this stems from a selfish perspective: I’m tired of arguing or defending a grade, or find rubrics […]
Written by Kristen Richardson
A tidbit of honesty to start: the step to posting anything on this blog was far more daunting than I anticipated. There’s something to be said for actually stepping out in front of colleagues and sayi ng something about my craft, or students, or school, or struggles, or successes. I realized it isn’t something […]
