Re-thinking learning for the 21st Century
Written by Mackenzie Neale
George Couros, author of the Innovator’s Mindset, had an interesting post on his blog yesterday about teachers valuing students input on their education while balancing teacher experience and expertise. He commented on another post by Dean Shareski who critiqued the idea of fully-personalized learning where the student makes all of the decisions about learning. Simply … Continue reading “Student Voice vs Teacher Experience”
Written by Mackenzie Neale
This week, I have been considering the concept of connections. During a lovely little Google Hangout on Wednesday night with fellow coaches & facilitators, @gnichols said that our goal (as coaches) this Cohort21 season is to help the participants feel “inspired, supported and connected” when they leave each F2F. When I think about my favourite part about … Continue reading “Connection: The Heart of School Life”
Written by Mackenzie Neale
My last blog post for Cohort21 was a couple of years ago: I’m ashamed to admit that between my participation in the program in the 2016-2017 year I have been slacking off on blogging. But I will say that the learning I experienced was not lost on me at all. I was invigorated each face-to-face … Continue reading “It’s been a while…”
