Cohort 21 | Kristen Richardson | Mentions https://cohort21.com/members/krichardson/activity/mentions/ Activity feed mentioning Kristen Richardson. Thu, 25 Jun 2026 19:59:51 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-CA 30 hourly 2 b4d7e76799df3c40af7e216ccc33be72 Jennifer Weening posted a new activity comment https://cohort21.com/kristenrichardson/2019/04/10/answering-a-question-with-a-new-question/#comment-21 Thu, 11 Apr 2019 16:41:47 -0400 @krichardson – Congratulations on what sounds like a truly successful “beginning” to your journey. It sounds like the small changes that you made in your classroom added up to be more than the sum of their parts. As @tjagdeo said, that sounnds like “teacher heaven”! I have been having an almost polar opposite experience in my class this year, and…Read more

In reply to - Kristen Richardson wrote a new post on the site Kristen Richardson As I am starting this post, I’m feeling a bit like a bad teacher. I’m sitting in class typing while everyone is working on group presentations, but […] ]]> b0654e92cd0dd59d54a0b970d5344195 Justin Medved posted a new activity comment https://cohort21.com/kristenrichardson/2019/04/10/answering-a-question-with-a-new-question/#comment-20 Thu, 11 Apr 2019 01:52:04 -0400 Wow! @krichardson Thank you for sharing your journey so eloquently. I love the tension you present. Research and instinct tell us that students thrive with choice but how much practice do they have navigating, absorbing and finally acting on it. My guess (and your gut confirms) that too much too soon can lead to challenges. It sounds like there is…Read more

In reply to - Kristen Richardson wrote a new post on the site Kristen Richardson As I am starting this post, I’m feeling a bit like a bad teacher. I’m sitting in class typing while everyone is working on group presentations, but […] ]]> 002ae3b26d3c75088e1830ec19cd3af8 Tina Jagdeo posted a new activity comment https://cohort21.com/kristenrichardson/2019/04/10/answering-a-question-with-a-new-question/#comment-19 Thu, 11 Apr 2019 01:45:52 -0400 @krichardson – I love the quotation in your blog, “these students are invested, they are working, and more importantly, they genuinely want to own their work.” Sounds like teacher heaven to me! Thank you for unpacking the “architecture” you put in place like the routines, explicit teaching, formative assessment and now the idea of adding more…Read more

In reply to - Kristen Richardson wrote a new post on the site Kristen Richardson As I am starting this post, I’m feeling a bit like a bad teacher. I’m sitting in class typing while everyone is working on group presentations, but […] ]]> d31f03fc1d9d37a6a634696b098b3138 Graham Vogt posted a new activity comment https://cohort21.com/kristenrichardson/2019/01/08/the-right-question/#comment-16 Tue, 15 Jan 2019 17:07:14 -0500 Wow, what a wonderful and important discussion you’ve inspired @krichardson. And, of course, this is an extremely noble endeavour. I love how you’ve framed Cohort 21. Indeed, I believe the cohort experience positions us exactly where any great educator/innovator should be – as a learner, one who explores questions as opposed to promoting answers.…Read more

In reply to - Kristen Richardson wrote a new post on the site Kristen Richardson At a recent department meeting, the question was posed to us whether we would like to have been students in our own classrooms. As I pondered that, […] ]]> c2f2743796eb614cddf8f4a63b6ba527 Eric Daigle posted a new activity comment https://cohort21.com/kristenrichardson/2019/01/08/the-right-question/#comment-14 Tue, 15 Jan 2019 14:02:58 -0500 @krichardson,

You have hit upon the educators nerve. Or nervousness. My own evolving conclusions to this perennial problem are fascinating to me. I have found myself on both sides of the mark/no mark fence more often than I care to ponder. I stand by hybrid models because I don’t believe any silver bullet solutions are out there to solve this…Read more

In reply to - Kristen Richardson wrote a new post on the site Kristen Richardson At a recent department meeting, the question was posed to us whether we would like to have been students in our own classrooms. As I pondered that, […] ]]> 7215a6eb5480ac5822c8ecd88094b1c6 Hilary Prosser posted a new activity comment https://cohort21.com/kristenrichardson/2019/01/08/the-right-question/#comment-12 Tue, 15 Jan 2019 02:59:10 -0500 @krichardson it was interesting to read your post! I am a primary teacher and I find whenever I’m talking to high school teachers, the topic you discussed is a constant struggle for them: how to promote intrinsic motivation. They often discuss their students as mark driven and nervous to take risks or share their work. It would be interesting to…Read more

In reply to - Kristen Richardson wrote a new post on the site Kristen Richardson At a recent department meeting, the question was posed to us whether we would like to have been students in our own classrooms. As I pondered that, […] ]]> 62f63f62a8c983ff00c0ca80f9a1d0ec Justin Medved posted a new activity comment https://cohort21.com/kristenrichardson/2019/01/08/the-right-question/#comment-13 Tue, 15 Jan 2019 02:58:48 -0500 @krichardson check out @sthompson blog posts. You have a lot in common. She recommends:

The Motivation Breakthrough” by Richard Lavoie
https://www.amazon.ca/Motivation-Breakthrough-Secrets-Turning-Tuned-Out/

Make sure you sit with one another on Friday. There will be lots of opportunity to chat and connect.

@edaigle @gvogt @gnichols h…Read more

In reply to - Kristen Richardson wrote a new post on the site Kristen Richardson At a recent department meeting, the question was posed to us whether we would like to have been students in our own classrooms. As I pondered that, […] ]]> 82702a15e40eda4091c5194b79e07d55 Jennifer Weening posted a new activity comment https://cohort21.com/kristenrichardson/2018/11/13/ripping-off-the-bandaid/#comment-6 Sun, 18 Nov 2018 22:02:54 -0500 Thanks for finding the courage to hit “post”, @krichardson! Know that you are not alone in this fear, and you couldn’t be writing for a more supportive audience. Looking forward to connecting on Saturday.
Jen

In reply to - Kristen Richardson wrote a new post on the site Kristen Richardson A tidbit of honesty to start: the step to posting anything on this blog was far more daunting than I anticipated. There’s something to be said […] ]]> 86c4d5959ac46d99f949c2fc17db75d9 Tina Jagdeo posted a new activity comment https://cohort21.com/kristenrichardson/2018/11/13/ripping-off-the-bandaid/#comment-3 Thu, 15 Nov 2018 23:55:02 -0500 Hey @krichardson! Love the band aid metaphor/analogy? English teacher, help me out! I agree that we often ask our students to take risks or make mistakes, but how often do we step out of our own comfort zone??

I think if we want to flex our compassionate thinking muscles and build our own growth mindset, we’ve come to the right place signing…Read more

In reply to - Kristen Richardson wrote a new post on the site Kristen Richardson A tidbit of honesty to start: the step to posting anything on this blog was far more daunting than I anticipated. There’s something to be said […] ]]> 101712f8de93fec710df5a69da7587b0 Eric Daigle posted a new activity comment https://cohort21.com/kristenrichardson/2018/11/13/ripping-off-the-bandaid/#comment-4 Thu, 15 Nov 2018 23:55:01 -0500 @krichardson,

And rip off the bandaid you have! Congratulations on publishing your important and necessary voice. As a fellow English teacher I believe the “barring of the soul” is a very difficult thing to ask our students to do, even more difficult to model. Placing yourself in vulnerable writing conditions (such as a blog) would be highly…Read more

In reply to - Kristen Richardson wrote a new post on the site Kristen Richardson A tidbit of honesty to start: the step to posting anything on this blog was far more daunting than I anticipated. There’s something to be said […] ]]>