Cohort 21 | Chris Carswell | Activity https://cohort21.com/members/ccarswell/activity/ Activity feed for Chris Carswell. Wed, 03 Jun 2026 23:13:21 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-CA 30 hourly 2 68c6d98b33be504fdeec7b98c0e5bdfd Chris Carswell posted a new activity comment http://cohort21.com/chriscarswell/2017/04/04/worthwhile-endeavours-reflecting-on-the-end-of-the-beginning/#comment-28 Fri, 21 Apr 2017 18:44:37 -0400 Thanks for the thoughts, @gnichols. It’s always good (and very hard) to zoom out above the fog of war. Rationing of time and competing priorities are factors that came up time and again on the survey I had the grade nines complete in February. “When I am pressed for time, I think fast.” It would be great to make at least school a place where there…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 […] ]]> 4ec4f2fca91fcb9dfa5b5881747d6235 Chris Carswell wrote a new post on the site Chris Carswell http://cohort21.com/chriscarswell/?p=84 Tue, 04 Apr 2017 17:44:15 -0400 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 has had a deleterious role in denuding the attention span an […]

]]> d90628fa46bbeb934fa8e2118462d641 Chris Carswell wrote a new post on the site Chris Carswell http://cohort21.com/chriscarswell/?p=71 Fri, 20 Jan 2017 19:47:59 -0500 As the day begins, I’m looking forward to the chance to explain my thinking thus far and receive lots of new insights about other ways of seeing the same issues and topics. The theme of “you don’t know what you […]

]]> b2721e54202c06d1b74f0e5352e49207 Chris Carswell posted a new activity comment http://cohort21.com/mackenzieneale/2016/11/17/leveling-up-in-fsl/#comment-14 Tue, 17 Jan 2017 17:52:36 -0500 Having worked with my colleague Mike Farley (a C21 alum; mfarley@utschools.ca) I am in full agreement with you that gamification is a powerful way to engage kids. I’ve had some initial success dabbling in this area with my history classes: Civilization V and Rome: Total War with the ancient history classes, but look forward to seeing what this…Read more

In reply to - Mackenzie Neale wrote a new post on the site Mackenzie Neale 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 […] ]]> f730243f55822525ec97d5337c50902f Chris Carswell posted a new activity comment http://cohort21.com/jasonwood/2017/01/17/action-plan/#comment-27 Tue, 17 Jan 2017 16:21:20 -0500 Such a neat way to connect with learners starting with where they already are! A colleague of mine, Mike Farley (mfarley@utschools.ca), a C21 alum, has done quite a bit of work in this area. He runs a resource page (changegamer.ca) and a Twitter feed looking to connect teachers like you to resources and similarly-minded teachers that are already…Read more

In reply to - Jason Wood wrote a new post on the site Jason Wood How might we determine the impact and effectiveness of using video games in a classroom? Beyond the idea of game-based learning, I’m looking to understand t […] ]]> ae988d5aa3e17b236f1ee58581261668 Chris Carswell posted a new activity comment http://cohort21.com/chriscarswell/2016/11/19/clark-kent-or-superman-when-to-think-slow-and-when-to-think-fast/#comment-20 Wed, 04 Jan 2017 16:33:44 -0500 I’ve encountered most of these routines in various places but didn’t know there was a website where they had been collected and explained. Thanks @jmedved!

In reply to - Chris Carswell wrote a new post on the site Chris Carswell After an amazingly energetic and inspirational Face-to-Face, I have hewed out the essential aspects of my action plan for this year. Building on […] ]]> b2abfdb2cf1714fc3f0805f15d354cf8 Chris Carswell posted a new activity comment http://cohort21.com/chriscarswell/2016/11/19/clark-kent-or-superman-when-to-think-slow-and-when-to-think-fast/#comment-17 Thu, 24 Nov 2016 16:02:48 -0500 I had the chance to do two years of training at Havergal in Visible Thinking, so I have a well-worn copy of Making Thinking Visible. I’d love to share with @ddoucet and any other cohorters who use this approach!

In reply to - Chris Carswell wrote a new post on the site Chris Carswell After an amazingly energetic and inspirational Face-to-Face, I have hewed out the essential aspects of my action plan for this year. Building on […] ]]> c9608e0889013e144a246d4ea5393639 Chris Carswell posted a new activity comment http://cohort21.com/chriscarswell/2016/11/19/clark-kent-or-superman-when-to-think-slow-and-when-to-think-fast/#comment-14 Mon, 21 Nov 2016 16:57:36 -0500 I had been thinking exactly the same thing about thinking routines, Les! Fusing together visible thinking and the idea of fast and slow thinking will be amazing experiment to be sure. There are a number of existing routines that could be tweaked along those lines from what I know from Making Thinking Visible and the thinking strategies from TC2.

In reply to - Chris Carswell wrote a new post on the site Chris Carswell After an amazingly energetic and inspirational Face-to-Face, I have hewed out the essential aspects of my action plan for this year. Building on […] ]]> 3cd12b072f92bb2883c8c20e0b2d3abd Chris Carswell posted a new activity comment http://cohort21.com/chriscarswell/2016/11/19/clark-kent-or-superman-when-to-think-slow-and-when-to-think-fast/#comment-13 Mon, 21 Nov 2016 16:55:46 -0500 Some great tips, Garth! I am a novice when it comes to data collection, being a humanities student used to studying dead people. I’d love to pick your brain (and those of the community) when it comes to this kind of survey-data/social science-type research. If you think of any specific resources, could you stick them on my Google reading list?

In reply to - Chris Carswell wrote a new post on the site Chris Carswell After an amazingly energetic and inspirational Face-to-Face, I have hewed out the essential aspects of my action plan for this year. Building on […] ]]> a36c4b5af52eae3ee15324fd6f0ba749 Chris Carswell wrote a new post on the site Chris Carswell http://cohort21.com/chriscarswell/?p=56 Sat, 19 Nov 2016 20:23:44 -0500 After an amazingly energetic and inspirational Face-to-Face, I have hewed out the essential aspects of my action plan for this year. Building on my thinking in the post “Festina Lente,” I have refined my […]

]]> 12e2601714660f5e5f09d6c2c7d6fc86 Chris Carswell posted a new activity comment http://cohort21.com/chriscarswell/2016/11/18/festina-lente/#comment-9 Sat, 19 Nov 2016 19:50:44 -0500 That sounds like a great activity to get the kids thinking about if and how they are engaged in language learning. The ironic part about all of this is that language learning is, and really must be, a personal, intimate, individualized process. That’s not how these classes have been designed traditionally, but it’s something that technology will…Read more

In reply to - Chris Carswell wrote a new post on the site Chris Carswell      The idea that modern computer/digital technology brings with it benefits and advantages is obvious. This is the sort of truism that is embedded in m […] ]]> 47e95883ad41b19f6f35a3dcd1fa98f6 Chris Carswell wrote a new post on the site Chris Carswell http://cohort21.com/chriscarswell/?p=53 Fri, 18 Nov 2016 16:59:15 -0500      The idea that modern computer/digital technology brings with it benefits and advantages is obvious. This is the sort of truism that is embedded in my Latin and history lessons every day, when we talk about […]

]]> a28d287a28f992b892fb9e84516ed31d Chris Carswell wrote a new post on the site Chris Carswell http://cohort21.com/chriscarswell/?p=46 Tue, 18 Oct 2016 16:10:09 -0400        As professional educators, we all travel along the road of professional development and we all, regardless of pre-planning, training, and/or our best intentions, hit at some point or another a rut — a diff […]

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