{"id":79,"date":"2022-03-02T11:59:15","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T16:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/lindsaylamont\/?p=79"},"modified":"2022-03-02T11:59:57","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T16:59:57","slug":"79","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/lindsaylamont\/2022\/03\/02\/79\/","title":{"rendered":"How Might We Write a Good How Might We Question"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have put off writing this blog for too long. My intention was to write it over the holiday when life was slower, but I hurt my back and spent most of my time sitting on the couch reading books, looking at the Christmas tree, and eating chocolate and ginger cookies. I\u2019m doing much better now thanks.<\/p>\n

When I did finally find time to write it and I went to publish it, I just didn\u2019t feel great about my chosen HMW questions. The process of finding my HMW question was a little bit challenging to be honest. It required me to let go of some of the broader ideas I\u2019d had for my action plan. During one of our discussions amongst \u201cThe Spicy Freezer Chips\u201d I felt lost, and I was left sitting staring at my empty Jamboard wondering where in fact I was going with any of this. However, in my brainstorming and through discussions with my group members, I was able to refocus myself, think about what truly mattered at this moment in education and in a full 180 I landed on two HMW questions.<\/p>\n

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  1. HMW use outdoor education and nature to develop positive relationships amongst peers and to give students the opportunities to build their character.<\/li>\n
  2. HMW use outdoor education and nature to encourage and support student wellness in a mid-pandemic era.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    After that though, I still wasn’t satisfied. Our session in January was productive because one of my group members posted a sticky note to my HMW Jamboard page which got me thinking again and I threw those two HMW questions out the window.<\/p>\n

    Cut to mid-February where my HMW question remained untouched, unedited, and unposted. Amy Greig and I go for a walk through the snowy streets of Rockcliffe park to find a little caf\u00e9 called The Union Street Caf\u00e9. This walk was perhaps the most productive brainstorm session I\u2019ve had yet. We talk about where we\u2019re going, how the school timetable is laid out and the resources we have for outdoor education in the junior school. I realize we have administration buy-in, money but not time. Amy and I bounce ideas off each other and I land on my new HMW question.<\/p>\n

    HMW develop an outdoor education program that integrates outdoor experiences into our current curriculum while providing additional experiences each term for all grade levels.<\/strong><\/p>\n

    As I move forward with this question, the stakeholders I would need to consult with would be the students, the administration, and my colleagues. I have been in touch with the head of the junior school regularly about developing the outdoor education program. I have a scheduled meeting at the end of March with the full teaching staff where we will be brainstorming ideas around outdoor education at Ashbury.<\/p>\n

    I believe this line of action is important not just now (during a pandemic) but always. Nature has its healing powers, and it is a proven fact that humans benefit both physically and mentally from being outside. With the amount of technology these kids are being exposed to, they are losing some of the skills they need. An outdoor education program would help build these skills and hopefully give them a love for the environment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    I have put off writing this blog for too long. My intention was to write it over the holiday when life was slower, but I hurt my back and spent most of my time sitting on the couch reading books, looking at the Christmas tree, and eating chocolate and ginger cookies. I\u2019m doing much better…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":403,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-face-2-face-sessions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/lindsaylamont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/lindsaylamont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/lindsaylamont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/lindsaylamont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/403"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/lindsaylamont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/lindsaylamont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/lindsaylamont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79\/revisions\/81"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/lindsaylamont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/lindsaylamont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/lindsaylamont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}