Cohort 21 | pkleeb | Activity https://cohort21.com/members/pkleeb/activity/ Activity feed for pkleeb. Wed, 03 Jun 2026 23:13:21 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-CA 30 hourly 2 847d33601ea49118036e7a91101f683e pkleeb wrote a new post on the site Patti Kleeb http://cohort21.com/pattikleeb/?p=34 Tue, 10 Feb 2015 19:02:07 -0500 I love Wordpress, but apparently it’s not secure enough to use with my students. Edublogs, the Wordpress site for schools, now charges $99.00 per blog to keep it private. The only security feature you can now have […]

]]> 9867c54e4aa7e292b50419efdecdfa09 pkleeb posted a new activity comment http://cohort21.com/ryanarcher/2014/11/28/response-is-the-flipped-class-model-here-to-stay/#comment-15 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 17:14:05 -0500 Edpuzzle sounds like a tool I’ve been waiting for! I need to check it out more thoroughly.

I, too, love your strategic plan, and especially the specificity of it. Too many strategic plans are clear on objectives, but less clear on the concrete steps needed to get there.

In reply to - Ryan Archer wrote a new post on the site Ryan Archer Friday afternoon, my brain slowly burning out from another week of information overload and a new tweet grabs my attention. I find myself mustering up enough […] ]]> 5069af6800ef6be078299ff64b604ab8 pkleeb posted a new activity comment http://cohort21.com/ryanarcher/2015/01/26/open-access-to-information-and-the-value-of-wikipedia/#comment-14 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 16:45:19 -0500 I love the idea of an assignment that requires students to check the factual accuracy of a wikipedia entry and edit it (or not) accordingly. This is definitely something I might incorporate in my English classes as a research-based project, especially since the students could choose to work on any article that is of interest to them personally……Read more

In reply to - Ryan Archer wrote a new post on the site Ryan Archer           I feel most fortunate to have been given the opportunity to travel to London and attend the BETT conference. To top it all off Jimmy Wales was one of t […] ]]> e3d9f7e9ac952b84f914ddb5743cd17e pkleeb wrote a new post on the site Patti Kleeb http://cohort21.com/pattikleeb/?p=31 Fri, 23 Jan 2015 20:17:40 -0500 Thumbnail

They all have a piece that will fit, but only one can be used….

 

I came to the session with one question, and left with many.

What are my next steps? On a practical level, my problem was to […]

]]> 4f73b23553ef7ee3b1a66e76fc1259b5 pkleeb wrote a new post on the site Patti Kleeb http://cohort21.com/pattikleeb/?p=29 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 03:15:48 -0500 Kids have been making class newspapers since time began, or at least for as long as organizing schooling has been a thing. Its authenticity, real-world connections and intimate association with technology, […]

]]> 7ecda268cb679e34d2322aff8ba30ac4 pkleeb posted a new activity comment http://cohort21.com/lisaweldon/2015/01/08/its-time/#comment-2 Fri, 09 Jan 2015 15:58:45 -0500 Well, I have used Wordpress (Edublogs) for Journaling with great success. What I like about Wordpress is that the journal is no longer a dialogue exclusively between student and teacher, but amongst the class as a whole. The students are always encouraged, and sometimes required, to leave comments on each other’s posts. They can also share polls,…Read more

In reply to - Lisa Weldon wrote a new post on the site Lisa Weldon We all have phases in life where a certain message is sent and then continues to resurface as if to highlight what needs to be made a priority or what changes ne […] ]]> 00585b6de87fa2f9bdc94cfe89b07fcf pkleeb posted a new activity comment http://cohort21.com/melissarathier/2015/01/07/flipped-classroom-2-0/#comment-7 Fri, 09 Jan 2015 15:40:13 -0500 I’d love to know if people have flipped classes successfully in English. Most of my teaching tends to be whole class discussions; most of my note-taking and explanations take the form of question and answer, so don’t really lend themselves to video (since the students would have to be there to be videos!), and I spend a lot of time working…Read more

In reply to - Melissa Rathier wrote a new post on the site Melissa Rathier I have been lucky enough to teach the same courses (Grade 11 & 12 Chemistry) for my entire 15 year career, which may sound like an absolute nightmare, […] ]]> 92f27ac2552d946281a21d847950b784 pkleeb posted a new activity comment http://cohort21.com/ckirsh/2015/01/03/the-three-rules-of-reflection/#comment-1223 Tue, 06 Jan 2015 18:24:30 -0500 “Hemming and hawing” or maybe “hmming and hawing”.

“I have to be exceptionally clear about why we are learning what we are learning. ” This is so true, particularly because the students, particularly the younger ones, know so little about adult life (and have so many misconceptions) that they often have to take the importance of a piece of…Read more

In reply to - Celeste Kirsh wrote a new post on the site [We Are] Teaching Tomorrow I was “himming and hawwing” (spelling suggestions welcome on that one) on how my exploration of portfolios as a means of teaching growth […] ]]> 1c89a3986760a49de64b91ed88d34ebc pkleeb posted a new activity comment http://cohort21.com/ashleybailey/2015/01/05/wait-what-or-the-digital-natives-and-their-ways/#comment-12 Tue, 06 Jan 2015 17:00:59 -0500 This tickled me, since I’m very familiar and at ease with Skype (maybe due to my years as an expat, when free phone calls were the equivalent of discovering the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow) whereas Google hangouts are a new thing for me. It sounds as if your Skype session was very successful.

Our school is extremely concerned with…Read more

In reply to - Ashley Bailey wrote a new post on the site Ashley Bailey The Vision. ( Cue: dramatic movie-trailer voice) In a world where students live online and learning lives in the classroom, one teacher will dare […] ]]> 762f3ca736026d1a1503fc369cb579e0 pkleeb posted a new activity comment http://cohort21.com/garthnichols/classroom/3d-printing-the-future/#comment-1492 Tue, 30 Dec 2014 12:24:45 -0500 I have been encouraging our school to invest in a 3D printer. I haven’t yet been able to come up with any ways we could use one in an English class, but I’m working on it….

In reply to - Garth Nichols wrote a new post on the site Garth Nichols One of the most provocative things I was told was to “sell your Smartboards, and buy 3D printers!” (Richard Byrne at the ECOO conference keynote address), […] ]]> fc73ed8bac48d5d5081f88b34a1a4dde pkleeb posted a new activity comment http://cohort21.com/garthnichols/uncategorized/all-i-want-for-xmas-is-a-growth-mindset/#comment-1491 Tue, 30 Dec 2014 12:16:39 -0500 Thanks for this post, Garth – very timely.

I feel that the growth concept mindset is one of the more important concepts to emerge from educational thinking in recent years, primarily because it has the potential to revolutionize the way students think about themselves. It’s a process that really needs to begin in kindergarten, if not nursery…Read more

In reply to - Garth Nichols wrote a new post on the site Garth Nichols I’m already thinking about coming back in January, and continuing to cultivate growth mindsets throughout my school. I’ve talked about my school being a […] ]]> 89bd16b9778732107ac33d5a992b96e5 pkleeb posted a new activity comment http://cohort21.com/pattikleeb/2014/11/12/hashtag-instafame/#comment-3 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 15:45:25 -0500 It’s a little hard for me to judge because I have taught all over the world, and so I can’t say for sure whether the superficial changes I have observed in my students over time are due to cultural differences or to the fact that kids in general are different from what they used to be.

But on the whole, I think they’re the same. Human nature…Read more

In reply to - pkleeb wrote a new post on the site Patti Kleeb I’m sure plenty of you heard the  fascinating discussion on Metro Morning this morning about the latest findings from Centennial College’s Kids’ Media Centre on “the […] ]]> 22547b55b34aa00c05df6c393f82eb0d pkleeb wrote a new post on the site Patti Kleeb http://cohort21.com/pattikleeb/?p=26 Wed, 12 Nov 2014 13:09:22 -0500 I’m sure plenty of you heard the  fascinating discussion on Metro Morning this morning about the latest findings from Centennial College’s Kids’ Media Centre on “the epidemiology of youth’s selfie-curated […]

]]> 3b43d9d5edd9e3d835a8c7088e61e503 pkleeb posted a new activity comment http://cohort21.com/timrollwagen/2014/09/17/google-classroom-doctopus-add-on-and-goobric/#comment-1051 Thu, 18 Sep 2014 12:39:36 -0400 This isn’t something our school has on its radar, as far as I know. We have a customized, self-contained academic management system provided by a company called Whipple Hill. Before that, we used Blackboard. I found Blackboard fantastic; Whipple Hill is still a work in progress. I’ve used Google docs to manage my personal documents, but I haven’t…Read more

In reply to - Tim Rollwagen wrote a new post on the site The Pondering Teacher Ever since our school began pushing Google Docs while becoming a GAFE affiliated schools, it has been hard to find an efficient way to organize and […] ]]> fcb5f0d2f427a536a5735715c5308c23 pkleeb posted a new activity comment http://cohort21.com/ckirsh/2014/09/15/top-5-reasons-why-cohort-21-is-the-bomb/#comment-1185 Thu, 18 Sep 2014 12:09:22 -0400 I couldn’t agree more, Celeste. Students are very aware of whether their teachers actually practice what they preach. If we show them we’re willing to take a risk, and that failure or making a fool of yourself is not such a big deal, they’ll be more willing to try new things and move outside of their comfort zone.

I really love the idea of…Read more

In reply to - Celeste Kirsh wrote a new post on the site [We Are] Teaching Tomorrow There are only a handful of PD experiences that I can think of that have truly been a game changer for my teaching practice. I’ve been lucky […] ]]>