Cohort 21 | Gillian Matthews | Mentions https://cohort21.com/members/gmatthews/activity/mentions/ Activity feed mentioning Gillian Matthews. Wed, 03 Jun 2026 23:13:21 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-CA 30 hourly 2 41d95b58ba305f9127c92e68ae748953 Jennifer Weening posted a new activity comment http://cohort21.com/gillianmatthews/2017/04/21/what-is-going-on-with-the-pedometers/#comment-12 Wed, 26 Apr 2017 17:06:37 -0400 @gmatthews – Thank you for sharing your experiences with the pedometers! I can certainly empathize with the classroom teachers who felt frustrated dealing with the chaos at the end of the day, but good on them for coming up with an alternate solution!
Do the students have access to any one-to-one technology at all? My first thought to help you…Read more

In reply to - Gillian Matthews wrote a new post on the site Gillian Matthews So, the pedometer experiment started with great excitement from the students…and many complaints from their teachers! I have learned a great deal […] ]]> 32a48f33550c6db4d671c4659a353c1d Justin Medved posted a new activity comment http://cohort21.com/gillianmatthews/2017/02/23/the-pedometers-have-arrived/#comment-10 Sat, 15 Apr 2017 18:52:47 -0400 @gmatthews I am really excited to learn how all this went.
Don’t forget to fill in this form – https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScspYsVZKvxh5z4cFCGwBoIgyJ4imhx6BoxBqLWj5f_i52hmA/viewform and share your journey in your final post as well as the Google slide synopsis. Really exciting project!

In reply to - Gillian Matthews wrote a new post on the site Gillian Matthews The Pedometers arrived a few weeks ago and are now labelled in an easy to access case! (I think this is the most excited I have been to use a label […] ]]> 8c5af04293af840fd3b4c7454e76a253 Diane Rutherford posted a new activity comment http://cohort21.com/gillianmatthews/2017/01/20/matthews-action-plan-for-increasing-activity-with-grade-5/#comment-8 Sun, 22 Jan 2017 21:28:42 -0500 @gmatthews I love this idea! I think it’s awesome you’re giving them challenges of walking across Toronto or to Niagara Falls. Do you have a big map displayed in your room where you could display their progress? This may be incentive enough as it adds a bit of a competitive edge. Once they start to see their progress and the distance to…Read more

In reply to - Gillian Matthews wrote a new post on the site Gillian Matthews Design Question: How might we increase activity time of Grade 5s outside of PE days while at school? Well, my timeline quickly went to the wayside […] ]]> 761eeccb021552bc1dba4d6dc9895dbe Nichola Bendle posted a new activity comment http://cohort21.com/gillianmatthews/2016/11/19/the-fear-of-publishing/#comment-2 Wed, 18 Jan 2017 01:02:52 -0500 @gmatthews I felt the same way… and I still haven’t tweeted the link to my blog because pressing the Tweet button is scary! But, seeing your post has inspired me to do it.

If you find it easier to write when photos are involved, I bet you could add photos to your blog and write about them. I think that’d be an awesome way to reflect on your…Read more

In reply to - Gillian Matthews wrote a new post on the site Gillian Matthews Once you post something, it is out there forever. The fear I have about pushing that publish button is overwhelming, particularly when posting my own […] ]]> 3d6b1e05ad385e1554a05feb4a1713f3 Leslie McBeth posted a new activity comment http://cohort21.com/gillianmatthews/2016/11/19/the-fear-of-publishing/#comment-5 Wed, 18 Jan 2017 01:02:38 -0500 Hi @gmatthews!
Thank you for sharing your thoughts about blogging. I have one question for you: How Might You make your blog more like Instagram? What if you used your blog to share images, rather than words? Everyone communicates differently, and you should use your strengths!
Looking forward to seeing you on Friday!
Les

In reply to - Gillian Matthews wrote a new post on the site Gillian Matthews Once you post something, it is out there forever. The fear I have about pushing that publish button is overwhelming, particularly when posting my own […] ]]>