Cohort 21 | Carolyn Bilton | Activity https://cohort21.com/members/carolynbilton/activity/ Activity feed for Carolyn Bilton. Wed, 03 Jun 2026 23:13:21 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-CA 30 hourly 2 0666f6ef708b2277b97e64369f7f4e78 Carolyn Bilton posted a new activity comment http://cohort21.com/ckirsh/2014/12/14/i-have-a-crush-on-zaption/#comment-1226 Thu, 15 Jan 2015 20:58:04 -0500 Hey stranger!
Your blog post title caught my eye as I was on the CIS Ontario website! I love this idea for so many ways; it is an easy way to “flip” the classroom and not spend class time watching those history videos, and to engage the students in a different way rather than a list of questions in their notebook!
I will have to check it out…Read more

In reply to - Celeste Kirsh wrote a new post on the site [We Are] Teaching Tomorrow I’m taking a break from writing about portfolios for this brief interlude on Zaption. This past week in school, my co-teacher and I […] ]]> 845b311c309bbc5935da71ebf3decea9 Carolyn Bilton wrote a new post on the site Carolyn Bilton http://cohort21.com/carolynbilton/?p=58 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 19:10:48 -0400 Last week I had the opportunity to present my Cohort 21 experience back to my St. Andrew’s College colleagues. Over the year I’ve had many informal conversations, but I know that there were plenty of teachers who were still unsure what Cohort 21 was really all about. It was fun to integrate some of the useful and fun tools Garth and Justin shared with us, such as Padlet and Kahoot! And it was a chance to use some tools myself!  I used a Google presentation to present and to be able to share the links.

The feedback I received was overwhelmingly positive and the conversations I had were fantastic – a lot of great dialogue has begun!

Immediately following my presentation, our ITi team, led by Melissa Ramon, introduced the concept of Twitter to create a PLN. Melissa and I, and a few others had been talking about this all year, and knew that it would be a tough sell for some of our colleagues. We had to introduce it properly and really show people what an amazing professional tool Twitter can be. Both Melissa and I had been intimidated by Twitter when we first started out, and I know I was really not keen to get on, so we shared our common experiences and hoped it wouldn’t be too intimidating!

Here is one of Melissa’s favourite Twitter quotes:

Twitter quote

We broke into 3 self-assigned groups: Beginner, Intermediate and Expert. I gladly, took the beginner group. After a quick tutorial about some of the Twitter language, we spent most of our time creating accounts, troubleshooting and having fun following each other. I think the first dip into the Twitter pool was a positive one for most of them.

After the session, Melissa and I had a quick debrief. Our next task is to keep people motivated, connected and growing their PLN. When we return to school for PD in August, we need to figure out a way to reignite the buzz, but not to push too far... something to think about over the summer.

Now that my year with Cohort 21 has officially come to a close, other than keeping in touch with my fellow Cohorters, I have two more exciting things on the horizon:

I’m heading to Boston for the BLC2014 Conference in July, where I’m hoping to continue on the theme of teaching and learning in the 21st century.
I’m starting out to become an “expert” in collaboration as part of SAC’s Expert in Us program. Over the next year I will be learning about collaboration and then for the 2015-2016 year, I will be sharing my expertise with my colleagues. Any conference suggestions, readings, etc. would be greatly appreciated!

Now, to relax and enjoy the summer! 🙂

]]> 5afc526e31ada2b4e62979ff4af14364 Carolyn Bilton posted a new activity comment http://cohort21.com/carolynbilton/2014/04/24/action-plan-2014-final-thoughts/#comment-73 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 00:39:01 -0400 I agree with your strategy, I think you are keeping yourself balanced! I have a growing list of things I’d like to try/refine for next year, too!

In reply to - Carolyn Bilton wrote a new post on the site Carolyn Bilton As I finally sit down to start writing my wrap-up blog post about my Action Plan, I can’t believe it is nearing the end of the school year. This year has […] ]]> bf593c28edd163921241da5d41903c89 Carolyn Bilton posted a new activity comment http://cohort21.com/ckirsh/2014/04/27/we-were-just-getting-to-know-each-other/#comment-770 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 00:34:41 -0400 I completely agree! I guess ending on such a positive note will hopefully keep us connected!

In reply to - Celeste Kirsh wrote a new post on the site [We Are] Teaching Tomorrow I think Ruth said it perfectly when she reflected at the end of the final F2F session that happened this past Friday, that it seemed like we […] ]]> 9d34de3d648d0bbb3959db4fb612fa75 Carolyn Bilton posted a new activity comment http://cohort21.com/sandygibson/2014/04/18/smile-because-it-happened-reflecting-on-my-cohort-21-experience/#comment-63 Fri, 25 Apr 2014 16:06:21 -0400 Did you have any luck with Memarden yet? I had a great conversation with Ramesh back in March, but have yet to really dive into the program. I’d love to know if it is working for you and any tips!

In reply to - Sandy Gibson wrote a new post on the site French Fun with Sandy Gibson There’s only one week left to go until the final face-to-face meeting of Cohort 21 and I’m feeling a variety of emotions. On the one hand, I’m […] ]]> 49ee6cd841b37f12754cf8449a7b28a9 Carolyn Bilton wrote a new post on the site Carolyn Bilton http://cohort21.com/carolynbilton/?p=53 Thu, 24 Apr 2014 17:02:17 -0400 As I finally sit down to start writing my wrap-up blog post about my Action Plan, I can’t believe it is nearing the end of the school year. This year has been so ridiculously busy, it has flown by. There have been […]

]]> 063165749f6df5f44fca5c7ade2dacd6 Carolyn Bilton wrote a new post on the site Carolyn Bilton http://cohort21.com/carolynbilton/?p=50 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 17:51:58 -0400 Before the March Break, I had my students complete their project on World War 2. In partners, students were assigned an important event from the war. They had to examine the event, answer critical thinking […]

]]> e72ccc58ae5bb48612d6dc2d6cb30d8f Carolyn Bilton wrote a new post on the site Carolyn Bilton http://cohort21.com/carolynbilton/?p=45 Tue, 18 Feb 2014 02:18:31 -0500 This blog entry is a little late, but  the past couple of weeks have been a whirl wind. I think I have spent more time away from school on the ski hill than I have in the classroom!

A couple weekends ago I […]

]]> 55b8240e131252f7fc3e965c3e6fb1d5 Carolyn Bilton commented on the post, Face 2 Face #3, on the site Carolyn Bilton http://cohort21.com/carolynbilton/2014/01/25/face-2-face-3/#comment-51 Tue, 18 Feb 2014 01:23:38 -0500 e38d231ecfabfdaaf024d5c1063f0674 Carolyn Bilton wrote a new post on the site Carolyn Bilton http://cohort21.com/carolynbilton/?p=39 Sat, 25 Jan 2014 20:18:34 -0500 Another overwhelming day with Cohort 21! So many cool new things to think about and to try.

In an attempt to be efficient with my time, (nap time is only so long) here we go!

Action plan: Redefine my Grade […]

]]> 26ac61b3dadeb7504ac8c71b635f6972 Carolyn Bilton wrote a new post on the site Carolyn Bilton http://cohort21.com/carolynbilton/?p=37 Mon, 20 Jan 2014 14:58:47 -0500 After my post contemplating which area to focus on for my action plan, I realized I was leaning towards using the SAMR model to redefine the summative/major assignment in my grade 10 history class. My idea was […]

]]> f28f853bbd5f957b96b72dccc441cdf2 Carolyn Bilton wrote a new post on the site Carolyn Bilton http://cohort21.com/carolynbilton/?p=35 Fri, 17 Jan 2014 18:29:42 -0500 On Tuesday, my school had the pleasure of having guest speaker Chris Vollum speak to the students about social media awareness. His message was important for all of us as more and more (and more!) of our lives are […]

]]> bccc881939b5a0ee16ee840387ebe18e Carolyn Bilton commented on the post, Spiraling into control (of research), on the site Carolyn Bilton http://cohort21.com/carolynbilton/2013/11/24/what-to-do/#comment-28 Wed, 27 Nov 2013 17:33:40 -0500 a1c6067b492334970a90e8864e740ede Carolyn Bilton wrote a new post on the site Carolyn Bilton http://cohort21.com/carolynbilton/2013/11/25/what-to-do/ Mon, 25 Nov 2013 03:26:14 -0500 Yesterday my fellow Cohor21-ers and I met again for our second Face 2 Face meeting. Motivated by this upcoming meeting, I spent a few evenings last week catching up a bit on what had been going on; reading blogs, […]

]]> 681c4f76230fd03f84c6f814600c47f3 Carolyn Bilton commented on the post, Spiraling into control (of research), on the site Aaron Vigar http://cohort21.com/aaronvigar/2013/11/17/less-of-more-or-more-of-less/#comment-19 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 14:18:59 -0500 0bf181de7e1bd9f53deffe9d0630d789 Carolyn Bilton commented on the post, Spiraling into control (of research), on the site Aaron Vigar http://cohort21.com/aaronvigar/2013/11/17/less-of-more-or-more-of-less/#comment-17 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 02:21:28 -0500 666a86ae6e1b7813335ff6fee3ec3b66 Carolyn Bilton commented on the post, Connecting students via google hangout, on the site La vie en classe http://cohort21.com/jenbibby/2013/11/14/connecting-students-via-google-hangout/#comment-345 Tue, 19 Nov 2013 03:00:23 -0500 14a341addcb35bc1dd80f912893aaf9b Carolyn Bilton commented on the post, Let's Be Real, on the site deviating from the mean http://cohort21.com/rutheichholtz/2013/10/30/shiftingfocus/#comment-2 Wed, 30 Oct 2013 15:59:22 -0400 2530b6057c314116e2e41024cb7f851d Carolyn Bilton wrote a new post on the site Carolyn Bilton http://cohort21.com/carolynbilton/2013/10/28/twitter-gives-me-a-headache/ Mon, 28 Oct 2013 01:42:00 -0400 A week after diving into Cohort 21, the speed at which my head has been spinning is finally starting to slow down.

It has been a strange week. I spent Monday resting a back ache, then I caught a cold and spent […]

]]> 1de632253c6a0738c1ae4ace66692306 Carolyn Bilton wrote a new post on the site Carolyn Bilton http://cohort21.com/carolynbilton/2013/10/19/cohort-21-day-1/ Sat, 19 Oct 2013 19:23:54 -0400 What an inspiring day! So excited to be part of this group. The teachers I have met today are keen, motivated and enthusiastic not only about student learning, but their own professional learning and becoming […]

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