Cohort 21 | Adam Caplan | Activity https://cohort21.com/members/adamcaplan/activity/ Activity feed for Adam Caplan. Thu, 25 Jun 2026 19:59:51 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-CA 30 hourly 2 6884377b367e251dc73952dd36347bf3 Adam Caplan wrote a new post on the site Out of the Horseradish https://cohort21.com/adamcaplan/?p=234 Sat, 05 Oct 2024 18:44:10 -0400 The Uplift Collective – Day One Reflection Once again, there’s something so special about coming together with such a dedicated group of educators, all bringing their unique perspectives f […]

]]> 0 4d78bcb8df8016da069b52709e3b1a5f Adam Caplan posted a new activity comment https://cohort21.com/lauramustard/2019/10/24/library-to-the-power-of-three/#comment-67 Fri, 08 Nov 2019 10:46:30 -0500 That was a perfect post – concise, clear and worth considering. It conveyed to me the benefits of interviewing students and hearing their perspectives in their own words. Thanks for sharing, Laura!

In reply to - Laura Mustard wrote a new post on the site 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 […] ]]> d08209a4bde45147e0d3fa3c97fd8dd5 Adam Caplan posted a new activity comment https://cohort21.com/jenniferweening/2019/07/03/ipads-vs-laptops-the-showdown/#comment-195 Thu, 04 Jul 2019 18:01:27 -0400 Thanks for sharing this, Jen! It’s an age-old question with any number of approaches, criteria and results. You’ve done a lot of reading and identified many of the limitations of the articles’ value in contributing to a single answer, so I think your conclusion is correct – a mix of both, depending on individual goals.

I might also zoom out a…Read more

In reply to - Jennifer Weening wrote a new post on the site Jennifer Weening N.B: I am currently enrolled in (and neck-deep in course content for) a summer AQ course on “Integration of Information and Computer Technology in […] ]]> 61e9feaa7da41d7f6d7e62437af5e2fe Adam Caplan posted a new activity comment https://cohort21.com/michaelmoore/2018/12/02/today-im-grateful-for/#comment-128 Tue, 04 Dec 2018 14:23:14 -0500 Mike! I’m grateful for your blog post that inspired such warm participation!

In reply to - Michael Moore wrote a new post on the site Michael Moore   So I tried something new this year. Every morning, I’ve taken a few seconds (sometimes minutes) to reflect on what I am grateful for that day, and I’ve […] ]]> 6c4bf10cd555ee5542e738878bfdb5c9 Adam Caplan commented on the post, Cohort21: An Adventure Distilled, on the site Allison Campbell Rogers https://cohort21.com/allisoncampbellrogers/2018/04/24/cohort21-an-adventure-distilled/#comment-28 Wed, 25 Apr 2018 19:04:32 -0400 273c1ac8c66e254ffba4d80461767a4b Adam Caplan and Ruth Eichholtz are now friends https://cohort21.com/activity-streams/p/6924/ Wed, 06 Dec 2017 07:20:15 -0500 0 ed41c47e04a83a9c40afd43e4bcd764d Adam Caplan commented on the post, Where There Be Dragons, on the site Garth Nichols https://cohort21.com/garthnichols/21st-century-skills/where-there-be-dragons/#comment-1661 Tue, 14 Nov 2017 00:50:42 -0500 181cbe4a45dc847fcf9952488fc9c108 Adam Caplan and Brent Hurley are now friends https://cohort21.com/activity-streams/p/6600/ Wed, 08 Nov 2017 13:29:28 -0500 0 2543a69d46eeb2d64b883553d82fd456 Adam Caplan and Leslie McBeth are now friends https://cohort21.com/activity-streams/p/6566/ Wed, 08 Nov 2017 03:48:17 -0500 0 40cee9f115ad450c95058a32223ddc61 Adam Caplan and Tim Rollwagen are now friends https://cohort21.com/activity-streams/p/6465/ Tue, 31 Oct 2017 14:36:55 -0400 0 3a845b825b073fa9e25bc7de9d5aa281 Adam Caplan and Elissa Gelleny are now friends https://cohort21.com/activity-streams/p/6403/ Wed, 25 Oct 2017 14:51:53 -0400 0 2c25fa90147fc985c45842c7a3f96220 Adam Caplan posted a new activity comment http://cohort21.com/michaelmoore/2017/10/20/are-you-ready-for-calculus/#comment-13 Mon, 23 Oct 2017 16:15:38 -0400 Michael – I appreciate the straightforward approach you described. Identify the problem, try out a solution, validate your own success; sounds like a recipe for ongoing improvement. Thanks for the sharing your resource list and for the helpful screenshots – very informative.

I always loved the philosophies embedded in Calculus. The idea th…Read more

In reply to - Michael Moore wrote a new post on the site Michael Moore Calculus (and Vectors) is a course that uses almost all the math knowledge a student has learned from Kindergarten to Grade 12 Advanced Functions. I find […] ]]> c5535328f1452633a4ba040c6da7ea86 Adam Caplan and Danny Neville are now friends https://cohort21.com/activity-streams/p/6355/ Mon, 23 Oct 2017 11:33:26 -0400 0 3a72100bb2195dfbed5760338c1e0a0c Adam Caplan and Alan MacInnis are now friends https://cohort21.com/activity-streams/p/6314/ Sat, 21 Oct 2017 01:40:15 -0400 0 f43c2ea18e246e1a776b8a03981ed18c Adam Caplan and Carolyn Bilton are now friends https://cohort21.com/activity-streams/p/6101/ Tue, 17 Oct 2017 14:21:43 -0400 0 a2f289ad466aa64f0dce4f3516447e8f Adam Caplan posted a new activity comment http://cohort21.com/lisabettencourt/2017/10/06/look-up-its-a-marathon-not-a-sprint/#comment-12 Mon, 16 Oct 2017 17:08:39 -0400 We didn’t exactly ‘amend’ our technology policy, but we are now enforcing a rule that was always there. Upper School students keep their phones in their lockers during class periods unless requested to bring them for an activity.

While part of me has concerns about the fluidity of easily integrating technology into the classroom by allowing…Read more

In reply to - Lisa Bettencourt wrote a new post on the site Lisa Bettencourt Today we had a school fun run to kick off the long weekend and there were so many smiling faces. A new school year is well underway and it’s time […] ]]> 920d63659a78533d617bb3eeaf94fea9 Adam Caplan and Ed Hitchcock are now friends https://cohort21.com/activity-streams/p/5981/ Mon, 16 Oct 2017 17:00:28 -0400 0 dbf2aef4262a2a29acc3aa3af4b458da Adam Caplan posted a new activity comment http://cohort21.com/pritimaheshwari/2017/10/16/a-deck-of-cardsauthentic-learning/#comment-2 Mon, 16 Oct 2017 15:07:29 -0400 This sounds like it would be right up your alley, @kellycarlson

In reply to - Priti Maheshwari wrote a new post on the site Priti Maheshwari   As any foreign language teacher will tell you, one of the biggest challenges that we face is to have the students speak in the target […] ]]> d9f1fe71c9ec1355635a7691d623525d Adam Caplan and mikefarley are now friends https://cohort21.com/activity-streams/p/5931/ Mon, 16 Oct 2017 13:22:53 -0400 0 f372652192385bfc8c8c25e3973285a0 Adam Caplan and Adam Maingot are now friends https://cohort21.com/activity-streams/p/5820/ Mon, 16 Oct 2017 01:21:45 -0400 0 da860933adf52e0a7ccfc8c60ab3f368 Adam Caplan and Samhita Gupta are now friends https://cohort21.com/activity-streams/p/5692/ Sat, 14 Oct 2017 18:28:46 -0400 0 dab5d41562cde618457b16ca34560b3f Adam Caplan and Jennifer Howell are now friends https://cohort21.com/activity-streams/p/5650/ Sat, 14 Oct 2017 18:03:37 -0400 0 24cd21c63c4deef80f5e8a3d7ccc780c Adam Caplan and Haley Palmer-Roy are now friends https://cohort21.com/activity-streams/p/5645/ Sat, 14 Oct 2017 18:03:13 -0400 0 4e0b8776e4f7dc6d882aa20afe996a09 Adam Caplan and Ryan Fraser are now friends https://cohort21.com/activity-streams/p/5641/ Sat, 14 Oct 2017 18:02:52 -0400 0 b37c1ec2f2d51b69f5d59c78cd229066 Adam Caplan and Dayna Taylor are now friends https://cohort21.com/activity-streams/p/5637/ Sat, 14 Oct 2017 18:02:05 -0400 0 3b706843db56f62c925430fcb2cc9659 Adam Caplan and Danielle Ganley are now friends https://cohort21.com/activity-streams/p/5627/ Sat, 14 Oct 2017 18:01:49 -0400 0 bf2d05b63cfd4f2133a2bc5e50ee7f71 Adam Caplan and Michael Moore are now friends https://cohort21.com/activity-streams/p/5626/ Sat, 14 Oct 2017 18:01:28 -0400 0 3f9bd3e04cc48e97d8a6cb98da412df0 Adam Caplan and Lindsey Rife are now friends https://cohort21.com/activity-streams/p/5625/ Sat, 14 Oct 2017 18:00:20 -0400 0 243f9836f93971c09a430f7888a131cb Adam Caplan and Debra McCrory are now friends https://cohort21.com/activity-streams/p/5598/ Sat, 14 Oct 2017 17:47:24 -0400 0 424edcbb3b47bde7002dacf29566920f Adam Caplan and Andrew McNiven are now friends https://cohort21.com/activity-streams/p/5571/ Sat, 14 Oct 2017 17:27:18 -0400 0 57c1f8f366fd67ba5890b2092dad228c Adam Caplan and Coyne chris are now friends https://cohort21.com/activity-streams/p/5552/ Sat, 14 Oct 2017 16:44:13 -0400 0 c032ad55e6fbaa874c8c90bbebf9c466 Adam Caplan and Laura Ross are now friends https://cohort21.com/activity-streams/p/5548/ Sat, 14 Oct 2017 16:09:15 -0400 0 37dcc2553aef7e6bea7deadd7701a4da Adam Caplan and Lisa Mitchell are now friends https://cohort21.com/activity-streams/p/5545/ Sat, 14 Oct 2017 16:07:45 -0400 0 4eb1f9c074c9056241a5641d475db03e Adam Caplan and Allison Macrae are now friends https://cohort21.com/activity-streams/p/5537/ Sat, 14 Oct 2017 15:54:15 -0400 0 76695e4da5cf0c3e58d5ddf6b472bf24 Adam Caplan posted a new activity comment http://cohort21.com/larajensen/2017/10/09/why-is-it-sometimes-so-hard-to-do-the-things-we-love/#comment-61 Sat, 14 Oct 2017 15:51:03 -0400 I feel exactly the same! Communities and Deadlines are good for me, too. Duke Ellington said, “I don’t need more time. What I need is a deadline.”

In reply to - Lara Jensen wrote a new post on the site Learning by Reflecting on Experiences   Running is something I really enjoy. Back in high school, I ran cross country and I enjoyed hanging out with a group who liked […] ]]> 8d579858a365c7aba67366336ed0426d Adam Caplan and Kirsten Shier are now friends https://cohort21.com/activity-streams/p/5533/ Sat, 14 Oct 2017 15:44:39 -0400 0 a829f71d35649bad49e2fffd7f5152ef Adam Caplan changed their profile picture https://cohort21.com/activity-streams/p/5526/ Sat, 14 Oct 2017 15:20:19 -0400 0 a3f44617ef9f9f28ff8424e1c4d63b2b Adam Caplan and Lisa Bettencourt are now friends https://cohort21.com/activity-streams/p/5379/ Thu, 05 Oct 2017 19:32:52 -0400 0 6ae9dc54f9926b16d8e15d53a14b9e13 Adam Caplan changed their profile picture https://cohort21.com/activity-streams/p/5287/ Mon, 02 Oct 2017 01:11:53 -0400 0 9d7f4645a3e65b9b02e47d6c9d464ba1 Adam Caplan changed their profile picture https://cohort21.com/activity-streams/p/5286/ Mon, 02 Oct 2017 01:10:00 -0400 0 00ad29bedb93e7866ebe12f497dad905 Adam Caplan changed their profile picture https://cohort21.com/activity-streams/p/5285/ Mon, 02 Oct 2017 01:08:55 -0400 0 4dc2bf2da168f07c61a9bb680cb99ccf Adam Caplan changed their profile picture https://cohort21.com/activity-streams/p/5284/ Mon, 02 Oct 2017 01:07:29 -0400 0 af5825536b954d48961630240910eb94 Adam Caplan and Nicole Blair are now friends https://cohort21.com/activity-streams/p/5100/ Sun, 27 Aug 2017 23:02:13 -0400 0 ebc01bb4227ae6c8b19ced571880c0b0 Adam Caplan posted a new activity comment http://cohort21.com/lesliemiller/2017/02/26/bitten-off-more-than-i-can-chew/#comment-18 Thu, 20 Apr 2017 17:52:59 -0400 If you were able to dedicate 3 uninterrupted hours and a whole second person to work with you, do you think you could make the Digital Lockbox a reality? If so, send me 3 times when you have 3 hours and let’s DO IT! (I’m free next Sunday afternoon!)

In reply to - Leslie Miller wrote a new post on the site Leslie Miller After the last face-to-face, I left with more ideas for my main project than before. It is really powerful (and no I am not trying to be corny here) to be […] ]]> fc22a3ba4ad60fede17f89f581c89fd8 Adam Caplan posted a new activity comment http://cohort21.com/mackenzieneale/2017/02/15/a-message-from-the-highwire/#comment-24 Tue, 18 Apr 2017 11:49:03 -0400 It has been a few months since you made this post. How are you feeling about the highwire these days?

In reply to - Mackenzie Neale wrote a new post on the site Mackenzie Neale Do you ever feel like you are looking down at the world from the highwire? Tip-toeing across a tiny little wire, attempting to balance your professional […] ]]> d4206b7cbec76f17de62eb7c0f816133 Adam Caplan posted a new activity comment http://cohort21.com/chriscarswell/2017/04/04/worthwhile-endeavours-reflecting-on-the-end-of-the-beginning/#comment-25 Mon, 17 Apr 2017 20:16:55 -0400 Chris! What great storytelling about your Cohort experience and the path your inquiry has taken. I think you’re right about self-regulation as the skill. We blame a lot on the design of devices and their impact on our attention, but you identify the skill we can hone and now access. I hope you will revisit your tool over time, and also share it…Read more

In reply to - Chris Carswell wrote a new post on the site Chris Carswell Quid hoc anno feci? What have I been up to this year? i) First Steps:      As I mentioned, my initial thesis was that modern digital technology ha […] ]]> 56bc4e523669b49bbf393076600f49b1 Adam Caplan posted a new activity comment http://cohort21.com/myriamlafrance/2017/03/10/not-throwing-the-baby-out-with-the-bathwater/#comment-24 Mon, 17 Apr 2017 16:10:12 -0400 Myriam – it sounds like your survey generated some really valuable feedback qualitative feedback. It isn’t surprising that students crave more feedback and opportunities for social learning, and it’s nice to see it confirmed through the experiment of your approach. Teachers have always found ways to incorporate more content learning, so if your…Read more

In reply to - Myriam Lafrance wrote a new post on the site Myriam Lafrance Following my students’ responses to my survey, I ran a 4-week pilot program with my Grade 10 class in February. Despite realizing that I may just need s […] ]]> 59451488cc33a7a61f97d01c88278103 Adam Caplan posted a new activity comment http://cohort21.com/jasonbornstein/2017/03/06/the-great-debate-sugar-vs-salt/#comment-17 Mon, 17 Apr 2017 14:50:32 -0400 Great post! It both engages us with your journey and activates us to care about the science content. I think Sugar probably dissolves better for reasons similar to Leslie’s — because of the shape of the crystal, based solely on my prior experiences of stirring things.

In reply to - Jason Bornstein wrote a new post on the site Jason Bornstein In my most recent foray into GRITTY problem solving in my science classroom, I posed the following question to my grade 11 AP Chem class: “What dissolves […] ]]> 26bf78b9b904387879c6b39cde16c3de Adam Caplan posted a new activity comment http://cohort21.com/lesliemcbeth/2017/04/16/im-starting-my-vlog/#comment-247 Mon, 17 Apr 2017 12:59:50 -0400 LOVE IT. I love the first version of anything, simply because it exists! So congrats, Les. Can’t wait to see what comes next!

Looking forward to your next dispatch, from London!

In reply to - Leslie McBeth wrote a new post on the site Leslie McBeth Ok, I’m finally doing it. I’m starting my vlog.   When I started Cohort 21 this year, my action plan was to answer the question “How might I s […] ]]> 688acd5c26e0db9ef09f6b42c98ac8ee Adam Caplan posted a new activity comment http://cohort21.com/larajensen/2017/04/07/greasing-the-wheels-of-innovation/#comment-48 Sun, 16 Apr 2017 22:42:31 -0400 Lara, your process has been such a clearly-told story that other teachers couldn’t help but benefit from reading about it. The newsletters look great (thanks for introducing me to Revue). Have you had much feedback from teachers with their thoughts on the publications? I’m also curious to hear more about your experience implementing ICT Standards…Read more

In reply to - Lara Jensen wrote a new post on the site Learning by Reflecting on Experiences In my last post, I shared some of what I learned in the Launching Innovation in Schools EdX MOOC. In that first unit, there was a […] ]]>