Re-thinking learning for the 21st Century
Written by Laura Mustard
I feel like I’ve been working up to this year’s action plan for quite a while. In some way, the majority of my past plans have come at the issue it is designed to address, in different ways. Information literacy instruction in Grade 9, leveraging learning partnerships, and increasing my use of feedback in one-shot … Continue reading “Growing Researchers: An Action Plan Update”
Written by Laura Mustard
The focus of my Cohort 21 Action Plan last year had to do with utilizing feedback in one-shot library instruction. That was one way of addressing a problem I was seeing for my students — the problem being, in short, that they didn’t have the background or understanding of the research process they needed to … Continue reading “Library to the Power of Three”
Written by Laura Mustard
For more information about my Action Plan, and a final reflection on the C21 experience this year, please check out my Slides presentation. This year I conceived my Action Plan by attempting to take the empathy stage in the design thinking process seriously. In a Google Doc that I always kept open in a tab, … Continue reading “The End of the Beginning: An Investigation into Information Literacy Instruction in Grade 9”
Written by Laura Mustard
Since our second Face 2 Face at The York School I’ve had the chance to ponder my “how might we.” Following the design thinking process totally blew open the question for me and I’m looking forward to delving deeper into some of the key components and strategies that I identified in our third Face 2 … Continue reading “Confident and Competent Researchers: Action Plan Update”
Written by Laura Mustard
Our second Face 2 Face session at The York School was a whirlwind of inspiration and creativity as we followed a design thinking protocol, adapted from Design Thinking for Educators, to arrive at “how might we” questions to guide our Action Plans. Check out the thoughtful and informative posts from my SCS colleagues @chazzard and … Continue reading “Thinking BIG with Design Thinking for my Action Plan”