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 […]
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 […]
That’s a wrap on becoming Cohort21! is a reference to an MTV show I used to love called “Becoming” where an average person could re-make a music video and become their favourite pop singer. In a way, I could compare my experience with Cohort21 to this concept, as I have been wearing the hat at each F2F […]
Action Plan Update “How might we help boys identify what engages them in French classes so that they are intrinsically motivated for second-language learning?” Ok, so at the end of the 3rd F2F in January, I had decided that my Action Plan was really going to focus more on helping to shift the cultural attitudes […]
I promise to no longer say that I am not creative. I promise to have creative confidence! Creating and innovating does not have to look a certain way, or be perfect whatsoever. It involves trying something new, asking questions and taking risks with the hope of learning something wonderful, which is exactly what I’ve been […]
Working at an all boys school, I have learned that engagement in FSL can be a challenge. Boys can sometimes come in with a negative attitude towards learning a language. Sometimes they believe that French is for girls, or French is useless, or French is boring. I am trying to change negative views of FSL […]