Cohort 21 | Vanessa Floras | Mentions https://cohort21.com/members/vfloras/activity/mentions/ Activity feed mentioning Vanessa Floras. Wed, 03 Jun 2026 23:13:21 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-CA 30 hourly 2 61de6d1e69c6338a2e36ca56b2cd8a1d Robin Garand posted a new activity comment https://cohort21.com/barbaratries/2022/09/30/what-is-going-well/#comment-2 Wed, 16 Nov 2022 00:02:30 -0500 Hi Barb, I’m so excited to see where you go with these thoughts this year. It seems like you have the researcher mindset down pat and from our last check-in you have some good ideas of where you want to head. I think you would really love to read Stuart Shanker’s ‘Self Regulation for a Just Society’ as well as connecting with @vfloras who has…Read more

In reply to - Barbara Tries wrote a new post on the site Barbara Tries Question 1: During the first face to face we used the language of Urgent vs Important to help frame our thinking around our use of TIME. Reflect on why you […] ]]> 22eaf921c2ecdad164ec5f559f18333d Justin Medved posted a new activity comment https://cohort21.com/maylu/2020/09/13/good-is-good-enough/#comment-28 Wed, 18 Nov 2020 20:03:18 -0500 @maylu I think you have tapped into a invisible and not often talked about educator habit of building up and curating long often unattainable to-do lists that end up being massive boat-anchors for our own well being instead of helpful lists. There is a pattern emerging here among all these posts and I think Saturday will be a great group therapy…Read more

In reply to - maylu wrote a new post on the site May Lu It’s been awhile since I’ve found myself here. In March, we had a quick pivot to online that I found myself using my preps to help teachers with small technology […] ]]> 9600569321600587ead9bfc1882a1672 Justin Medved posted a new activity comment https://cohort21.com/stevecarota/2020/10/17/what-is-going-well/#comment-2 Wed, 18 Nov 2020 19:31:37 -0500 @scarota

So simple but yet so brilliant! Thanks for sharing a really innovative way to manage live teaching engagements links and mashing up multiple systems and tools to solve a broader communication challenge. I so appreciate the “why” and the process you went through to get there. What a gift to other teachers & schools who are on similar…Read more

In reply to - Steve Carota wrote a new post on the site Steve Carota It goes without saying that this year has been very different for educators. For most teachers, it’s new responsibilities, new procedures, new expectations, […] ]]> 10071fc1ff1a98c2bf6b0ac3ad498cdf Justin Medved posted a new activity comment https://cohort21.com/zeinodeh/2020/11/12/everything-happens-for-a-reason/#comment-5 Wed, 18 Nov 2020 19:26:41 -0500 @zodeh

Thanks for sharing this great reflections. Since you seem to be really good at looking back to look forward check out this great read – https://edarxiv.org/8exp9/

Some really interesting learnings from the last eight months to help guide us for the next eight.

See you Saturday!

@vfloras @swelbourn @maylu @tjagdeo @adamcaplan

In reply to - Zein Odeh wrote a new post on the site Zein Odeh “Everything happens for a reason” – how annoyed are we when a family member, friend or colleague throws this line at us when we are amidst tension? But when you […] ]]> a8b283203eab5f00979f89f136c238ff Justin Medved posted a new activity comment https://cohort21.com/markviola/2020/10/17/what-is-going-well/#comment-2 Wed, 18 Nov 2020 19:17:14 -0500 @mviola

Looking forward to catching up on Saturday! If you have a few minutes from now until then we would love to know how things have been going in your classroom. See the above prompt for details. If you want to save time feel free to record a small 2 min screencast reflection. Just processing and sharing what school life has been like for…Read more

In reply to - Mark Viola wrote a new post on the site Mark Viola Welcome to your Cohort 21 Blog. This journal is an integral part of your Cohort 21 experience. Here you will reflect, share and connect with the C21 community as […] ]]> db8e033a1a2d7cf556ce8334cca1cf09 Justin Medved posted a new activity comment https://cohort21.com/kaylablackmore/2020/11/16/where-to-begin/#comment-4 Wed, 18 Nov 2020 19:15:37 -0500 @kblackmore

You have already accomplished two major C21 milestones. The first is weaving your awesome coaches and facilitators @vfloras @swelbourn @maylu @tjagdeo @adamcaplan into your post and the second was incorporating Brene Brown who along with John Dewey and Seth Godin we like to think of as honorary members of Cohort 21 given how often…Read more

In reply to - Kayla Blackmore wrote a new post on the site Kayla Blackmore This process of being vulnerable and courageous in the face of adversity, especially in 2020, seems so daunting at first; however, when it is examined […] ]]> 3ce9b3026a06dae68d1a93006791c571 Justin Medved posted a new activity comment https://cohort21.com/toryboeckh/2020/10/17/what-is-going-well/#comment-2 Wed, 18 Nov 2020 19:04:21 -0500 @tboeckh

Looking forward to catching up on Saturday! If you have a few minutes from now until then we would love to know how things have been going in your classroom. See the above prompt for details. If you want to save time feel free to record a small 2 min screencast reflection. Just processing and sharing what school life has been like for…Read more

In reply to - Tory Boeckh wrote a new post on the site Tory Boeckh What is going well?  As a Phys Ed teacher constantly traveling off-site with my students I must say that pandemic teaching has really slowed things down for […] ]]> bc487c3b496c70f6e2c8ced17eac6836 Justin Medved posted a new activity comment https://cohort21.com/vanessafloras/2020/01/17/a-brief-update-before-f2f-3/#comment-12 Fri, 17 Jan 2020 04:07:08 -0500 @vfloras Before the break we bought every teacher at York this book – https://www.competencyworks.org/resources/neuroteach-brain-science-and-the-future-of-education/ and have started to unpack some of the rich content within it. It is having us take a hard look at some our teaching and assessment practices in light of current brain research as…Read more

In reply to - Vanessa Floras wrote a new post on the site Vanessa Floras This past December, I had a check-in meeting with one of my mentors to help guide my HMW question. As we chatted, we kept circling back to some of […] ]]> a77f5f6d785b2961d42347b6d6dbb22d Garth Nichols posted a new activity comment https://cohort21.com/justinlintern/2019/11/16/a-different-kettle-of-fish/#comment-11 Tue, 19 Nov 2019 19:48:17 -0500 Hey Justin,
I wanted to circle back to make sure that you got connected with those that you needed to. @vfloras can be a real asset to you as well. I hope that you’re back in the swing of things with a renewed sense of purpose and less of a shaggy dog 🙂

In reply to - Justin Lintern wrote a new post on the site Justin Lintern When I was asked if I was interested in joining Cohort 21 this year I was, of course, beyond stoked at the chance to reach into the endless font of […] ]]> 7bf056f24635d682477be4e05781c4a6 Nancy Dawe posted a new activity comment https://cohort21.com/vanessafloras/2019/11/16/caution-u-turn-ahead/#comment-9 Mon, 18 Nov 2019 19:34:48 -0500 @vfloras I really look forward to our continuing conversations around all of the above. So many of your questions align with my list of HMWs that I generated at Saturday’s F2F. I’ll tag you when I get my next blog post up so we can help each other muddle through this next stage!

I love the photo you chose for this post, but I know through our…Read more

In reply to - Vanessa Floras wrote a new post on the site Vanessa Floras I left today’s second F2F session with a specific question: How might we develop an inquiry-based unit which allows students to co-create […] ]]> 7e6403653d1d59fe289f8e10c68539af Eric Daigle posted a new activity comment https://cohort21.com/vanessafloras/2019/09/09/hello-world/#comment-5 Sat, 05 Oct 2019 17:54:59 -0400 Hello Vanessa (@vfloras),

You will find many many Cohort21 teachers empathizing with your story here on the harmful affects misplaced or misdiagnosed evaluation can have on an adolescent searching for meaningful feedback. I’m at the point in my career where the metacognitive has eclipsed the cognitive in terms of what I want my students to get…Read more

In reply to - Vanessa Floras wrote a new post on the site Vanessa Floras     Reflect on your own personal learning journey and K-12 education. Identify one learning experience that you can point to as having made a s […] ]]> 8a58e51bc0e72c50ce959d0cc378c1aa Garth Nichols posted a new activity comment https://cohort21.com/dawncohen/2019/09/09/hello-world/#comment-4 Tue, 01 Oct 2019 12:32:58 -0400 Thanks for this post @dcohen,

I think that you would enjoy chatting with @vfloras about 50 students in one class. I know that Greenwood College School has some classes set up in this way today!

I really like your image too! Free the Twitter Birds!

Looking forward to learning with and from you this year,
Garth.

In reply to - Dawn Cohen wrote a new post on the site Dawn Cohen Welcome to you Cohort 21 Blog. This journal is an integral part of your Cohort 21 experience. Here you will reflect, share , collaborate  and converse as you move […] ]]> adbdf10c6da775e3806f604879f1b5cd Garth Nichols posted a new activity comment https://cohort21.com/vanessafloras/2019/09/09/hello-world/#comment-2 Tue, 01 Oct 2019 11:53:40 -0400 Hey @vfloras, thanks for this post!

Sooooo looking forward to working and learning with you again! You’ve highlighted the importance of personalized learning here in your example and that decreasing the ‘transactional’ nature of learning is a priority for you – thanks for that. If you read some of the other participants’ blogs, you’ll know that…Read more

In reply to - Vanessa Floras wrote a new post on the site Vanessa Floras     Reflect on your own personal learning journey and K-12 education. Identify one learning experience that you can point to as having made a s […] ]]>