{"id":1,"date":"2019-09-08T21:14:48","date_gmt":"2019-09-08T21:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cohort21.com\/template\/?p=1"},"modified":"2019-09-29T22:12:22","modified_gmt":"2019-09-29T22:12:22","slug":"hello-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/maylu\/2019\/09\/08\/hello-world\/","title":{"rendered":"My best learning experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/maylu\/files\/2019\/09\/Capture.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-56 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/maylu\/files\/2019\/09\/Capture-300x47.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"357\" height=\"56\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/maylu\/files\/2019\/09\/Capture-300x47.png 300w, https:\/\/cohort21.com\/maylu\/files\/2019\/09\/Capture.png 611w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 357px) 100vw, 357px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>A learning experience that has greatly contributed to my growth and success:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>When I was in high school, I struggled to stay engaged in class.\u00a0I wasn\u2019t a weak student but I wasn\u2019t very interested in school either. School seemed like a place where there were rules, structures and routines that if you followed, you could graduate with very little bother. I didn\u2019t fuss nor did I stand out very much either. I was happy to be another student who \u201cteachers didn\u2019t worry about\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>When I was in grade 10, I began working at the Ontario Science Centre which has drastically impacted my perspective. I learned about educational programming and developing workshops to engage a diverse group of audiences. I learned about presenting and communicating science and how one idea could be presented in a countless number of ways with numerous perspectives. I worked with a phenomenal manager who taught me how to fail, how to learn and to embrace my natural curiousity. This manager always said to us, \u201c<em>it\u2019s by trying hard things that we learn how tough we really are<\/em>\u201d. She taught about how science is more than just labs, academics and rules; she showed me how science was just a medium to prompt questioning, develop curiousity, and develop genuine relationships to help people learn, beyond the textbook. She planted the seed of one of my biggest passions now\u2014science communication.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/maylu\/files\/2019\/09\/13891813_10153590979255981_5120064509935587085_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-57 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/maylu\/files\/2019\/09\/13891813_10153590979255981_5120064509935587085_n-300x295.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/maylu\/files\/2019\/09\/13891813_10153590979255981_5120064509935587085_n-300x295.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cohort21.com\/maylu\/files\/2019\/09\/13891813_10153590979255981_5120064509935587085_n.jpg 531w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>In my opinion, the most important Approach to Learning:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Focused on effective teamwork and collaboration<\/li>\n<li>Differentiated to meet the needs of all learners<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A core routine to my classroom is collaboration. Students know that they will more often have in pairs, small groups or even larger groups. This is very intentional because I believe in teaching students skills beyond the science curriculum. I like to encourage communication skills and relationships between students. I think the dynamic and engagement of my classroom creates an atmosphere where individuality is celebrated and students appreciate the variety of personalities and knowledge levels that as my students say, &#8220;create our dysfunctional science family.&#8221;\u00a0 My students know that my classroom follows a specific daily routine:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><em>Review\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Activity (pairs or groups)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Synthesis<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>I took this model from a conference I went to where a teacher was looking at studies and research about how the reflection and use of recall in one&#8217;s class develops the brain and deep learning. Without going into the gory details, one thing that stuck with me was that &#8220;interleaving helps students achieve deeper learning&#8221;.\u00a0 Check our Dough Rohrer if I&#8217;ve convinced you to dig a little deeper.<\/p>\n<p>Another thing I stress is diffrentiation and how we all learn differently. Though my class follows a specific &#8220;routine&#8221;, my students know that we will look at a variety of ways to review, a variety of ways to do an activity and a variety of ways to do synthesis. This goes back to the idea of celebrating students&#8217; individuality and actively diffrentiating my classroom to support that. I often quote in my class, &#8220;good for all, and necessary for some&#8221; from the Ministry Document <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edu.gov.on.ca\/eng\/general\/elemsec\/speced\/LearningforAll2013.pdf\">Learning for All<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Images that best captures the essence of my most important ATL:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/maylu\/files\/2019\/09\/WIN_20190425_10_45_40_Pro.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-59 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/maylu\/files\/2019\/09\/WIN_20190425_10_45_40_Pro-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/maylu\/files\/2019\/09\/WIN_20190425_10_45_40_Pro-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cohort21.com\/maylu\/files\/2019\/09\/WIN_20190425_10_45_40_Pro-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cohort21.com\/maylu\/files\/2019\/09\/WIN_20190425_10_45_40_Pro-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cohort21.com\/maylu\/files\/2019\/09\/WIN_20190425_10_45_40_Pro-960x540.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>2018-2019 School year. A group of my past grade 12 students looking at how to best sample a hypothetical community of organisms.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/maylu\/files\/2019\/09\/download.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-58 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/maylu\/files\/2019\/09\/download-225x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/maylu\/files\/2019\/09\/download-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/cohort21.com\/maylu\/files\/2019\/09\/download.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>2018-2019 School year. A group of my past grade 9 students looking at how to identify physical and chemical properties in a variety of substances.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A learning experience that has greatly contributed to my growth and success:\u00a0 When I was in high school, I struggled to stay engaged in class.\u00a0I wasn\u2019t a weak student but I wasn\u2019t very interested in school either. 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