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				<title>Wendy Darby posted a new activity comment</title>
				<link>https://cohort21.com/brandonblack/2019/12/30/my-grecian-urn-project/#comment-59</link>
				<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2020 17:38:46 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Everyone has those moments in first year teaching <a href='https://cohort21.com/members/bblack/' rel="nofollow ugc"></a><a href='https://cohort21.com/members/bblack/' rel="nofollow ugc">@bblack</a>, I think that&#8217;s why they put so much emphasis on reflection in teachers college. We can learn from these moments and improve them. It sounds like you certainly have! My GUP was having students write a comic in Latin based on a myth. I thought it would spice up the &#8216;dead language&#8217;, but it&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-11277"><a href="https://cohort21.com/brandonblack/2019/12/30/my-grecian-urn-project/#comment-59" rel="nofollow ugc">Read more</a></span></p>
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				<link>https://cohort21.com/brandonblack/2019/12/24/the-best-gift-that-i-ever-received-as-a-teacher/#comment-60</link>
				<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2020 17:38:44 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Words have so much more power than possessions and this proves it. I also often think of my former students that I now know as my friends and that&#8217;s better than any physical gift. Thank you for sharing, Brandon!</p>
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				<title>Wendy Darby wrote a new post on the site Wendy Darby</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jan 2020 16:25:30 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s time for a change, but how far can we go? In the days of open gradebooks, emails, texting and instant feedback, how do we make report cards a valuable experience for students, parents, and teachers?</p>
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				<title>Wendy Darby posted a new activity comment</title>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 16 Nov 2019 12:06:40 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is great, <a href='https://cohort21.com/members/jlintern/' rel="nofollow ugc">@jlintern</a>! I&#8217;m so glad that you had the opportunity to reach out to her again.<br />
I hope that your first F2F went well. I&#8217;m sorry I couldn&#8217;t be there to meet you in person but I&#8217;m looking forward to hearing about what you&#8217;ve got in mind for your action plan this year!<br />
See you in November!<br />
Wendy</p>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 14 Nov 2019 02:02:21 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Brandon,</p>
<p>I love this! It is such a creative way to get students to invest in their own learning. I&#8217;m sure it is a constant struggle especially for grade 9s to change their thinking from marks to learning. We all know the refleciton is such a huge part of learning and I feel that your students will look back on this experience as a defining moment&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-10902"><a href="https://cohort21.com/brandonblack/2019/11/11/taking-a-risk-on-unit-conferencing-2-2/#comment-14" rel="nofollow ugc">Read more</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 09 Oct 2019 23:24:16 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Erica,<br />
I recognize the value in you and what you are bringing to the classroom! Collaboration is such an important skill to develop and I know the urge to help can be real but good for you for giving your students the time and space to figure it out. They will. </p>
<p>I also wish I had your teachers in gr 4 and 5. What an important message to&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-10673"><a href="https://cohort21.com/ericachellew/2019/09/14/hello-world/#comment-8" rel="nofollow ugc">Read more</a></span></p>
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				<a href="https://cohort21.com/members/echellew/" rel="nofollow ugc">Erica Chellew</a> wrote a new post on the site <a href="https://cohort21.com/ericachellew" rel="nofollow ugc">Erica Chellew</a> My grade 4 and 5 teachers (Brenda Neil and Glenda Newson) taught me that I could be magical. They developed a writing program for our public school based on [&hellip;]			]]></content:encoded>
				
				
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				<pubDate>Tue, 08 Oct 2019 02:59:46 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you <a href='https://cohort21.com/members/bblack/' rel="nofollow ugc"></a><a href='https://cohort21.com/members/bblack/' rel="nofollow ugc">@bblack</a></p>
<p>I, like you, had many great learning experiences in my education. How lucky are we! It&#8217;s good to know and recognize those moments as educators ourselves. What was so special about those times? I like that you use the word &#8216;valued&#8217;. I have noticed this word in a few different posts. It&#8217;s such an important part of education and I&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-10647"><a href="https://cohort21.com/brandonblack/2019/09/08/hello-world/#comment-3" rel="nofollow ugc">Read more</a></span></p>
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				<title>Wendy Darby posted a new activity comment</title>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 05 Oct 2019 18:05:21 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for sharing <a href='https://cohort21.com/members/jlintern/' rel="nofollow ugc"></a><a href='https://cohort21.com/members/jlintern/' rel="nofollow ugc">@jlintern</a>,</p>
<p>Your post gave me goosebumps. Hopefully we&#8217;ve all had that person in our lives that was simply there for us. Gen sounds like an incredible person. Have you ever told her that?<br />
I agree with you about self-regulation! One of the most important skills we can teach and unfortunately one of the toughest. I was&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-10553"><a href="https://cohort21.com/justinlintern/2019/09/09/hello-world/#comment-5" rel="nofollow ugc">Read more</a></span></p>
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				<title>Wendy Darby posted a new activity comment</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 03 Oct 2019 15:16:02 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Rosa!<br />
Creativity is such and important skill and certainly a strength that some possess in greater quanities than others but definitely something that can be taught and honed. I love that you can recognize that moment when it happened for you. It&#8217;s amazing when you can look back and pinpoint moments in our own education that changed us and&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-10429"><a href="https://cohort21.com/rosaabbiento/2019/09/09/hello-world/#comment-4" rel="nofollow ugc">Read more</a></span></p>
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				<title>Wendy Darby wrote a new post on the site Wendy Darby</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2019 17:00:47 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here we are at the beginning of it all. It&#8217;s exciting and terrifying all at once. We will feel stress, resilience, heartbreak, and triumphs. That&#8217;s how I felt about a year ago when my husband and I made the [&hellip;] <img loading="lazy" src="https://cohort21.com/wendydarby/files/2019/09/IMG_4050-e1569862368428-225x300.jpg" /></p>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2019 15:54:35 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Pre-game Show:</p>
<p> 	I conducted surveys to find out what the perception of the library was amongst faculty and students.<br />
 	As a good librarian, I read about the place of libraries in 21st century education [&hellip;] <img loading="lazy" src="https://cohort21.com/wendydarby/files/2019/04/Screen-Shot-2019-04-04-at-12.42.05-PM.png" /></p>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2019 02:06:05 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m living a parallel life. Except mine&#8217;s called Reyka and she&#8217;s an Aussie Shepherd. My 7 and 9 year old daughters are learning responsibility for a young life and a different perspective. The world through Reyka&#8217;s eyes is very different than what they know. We are all definitely learning patience and how much love we have to share. Just when you&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-9547"><a href="https://cohort21.com/garthnichols/uncategorized/what-my-puppy-is-teaching-my-family/#comment-2179" rel="nofollow ugc">Read more</a></span></p>
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About three weeks ago, my family of four grew to five. We got a puppy!  Her name is Penny, and she is a mini-French Bassett Hound. I&#8217;m in love. She has [&hellip;]			]]></content:encoded>
				
				
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				<title>Wendy Darby posted a new activity comment</title>
				<link>https://cohort21.com/lauramustard/2019/01/10/feedback-mechanisms-an-action-plan-update/#comment-55</link>
				<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2019 20:38:15 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Laura,<br />
I can completely relate! Research isn&#8217;t very sexy and so grabbing the students&#8217; attention is often difficult especially when you&#8217;re a fly in, fly out librarian! Would love to talk with you more about this next week.</p>
<p>w</p>
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The focus for my Action Plan this year came to me as I was trying, and failing, to make a class of Grade 10 students laugh at my joke about the CRAAP [&hellip;]			]]></content:encoded>
				
				
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				<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2019 00:29:56 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow, Meagan! You&#8217;re right, there is a lot to chew on here. What an amazing opportunity for your students to go to that conference. I work with students in my school as part of the TRUE (truth, reconciliation, understanding and empathy) group. We can get lost in these big ideas, as well. I think you&#8217;re doing the right thing exposing your students&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-9383"><a href="https://cohort21.com/meaganhamilton/2019/01/08/what-is-it-for-decolonizing-for-authentic-engagement-rather-than-box-ticking/#comment-6" rel="nofollow ugc">Read more</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2019 17:47:56 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi,</p>
<p>Thank you for your feedback and ideas. I took some time to think about all this over the break and, you know, it&#8217;s working. I am already seeing and sensing a shift in the student view of the library. I even have the stats to prove it! Exciting times&#8230;I&#8217;m looking forward to taking the next steps!</p>
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My How Might We statement is HMW create a culture around the library that promotes innovation, collaboration and scholarship. I have posted it up in the [&hellip;]			]]></content:encoded>
				
				
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				<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2019 17:43:22 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for your feedback. Yes, it is about relationships and trust and nothing can replace it. I really appreciate your thoughts on scholarship as well. Asking those big questions is far more important than answering them.</p>
<p>Thank you for your thoughts!</p>
<p>w</p>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2019 13:59:58 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for this! Will definitely check it out 🙂</p>
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									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Allison, </p>
<p>Thank you so much for your thoughts and feedback. I agree stories can be a great way to bring students in and capture their imaginations.  It really is fascinating to hear peoples&#8217; reactions to our postings and what thoughts and ideas it sparks in others. I will definitely take a look at George Couros! Thank you for the&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-9353"><a href="https://cohort21.com/wendydarby/2018/12/11/sincerely-yours-mrs-darby/#comment-33" rel="nofollow ugc">Read more</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2018 20:08:13 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks, Jen! </p>
<p>Happy holidays 🙂</p>
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<p>This is an excellent example of the power of group teaching. It works but I think you need to use it at the right time, which you did. I think you&#8217;re right that if students become too accustomed to you reinforcing the peer editing, it will not become intrinsic. It&#8217;s always a balance of adding in and pulling away support as&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-9254"><a href="https://cohort21.com/mary-ellenwilcox/2018/12/11/finding-success-with-my-goal/#comment-26" rel="nofollow ugc">Read more</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2018 18:56:08 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for your support. We use blackbaud at Ridley so we are limited to what they provide. I have been talking with IT and I think that they can do most of what I want to do. It might be a little clunky to start but it will be a start!</p>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2018 20:45:21 -0500</pubDate>

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				<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2018 15:33:06 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Love that you are using different tools to assess. My daughter is an excellent verbal communicator (she literally doesn&#8217;t stop talking unless she&#8217;s sleeping) but so many assessments are written tasks which she struggles with. I also love that you are getting student feedback about the assessment style. It can be so important to find out how they&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-9223"><a href="https://cohort21.com/angelaguse/2018/12/09/design-thinking-my-action-plan/#comment-8" rel="nofollow ugc">Read more</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2018 15:22:30 -0500</pubDate>

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<p>I love this! Your instructional videos are awesome. I love that you highlight deadlines:) The picture you posted for the landscape and framing challenge is lovely. Would love to see a complete list of all the challenges you are setting. We have a lot of photographers at Ridley who would love to do something like this. Thank you for&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-9222"><a href="https://cohort21.com/lesliefarooq/2018/12/05/putting-students-in-charge-of-their-own-bookkeeping/#comment-65" rel="nofollow ugc">Read more</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2018 21:22:59 -0500</pubDate>

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				<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2018 14:21:33 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks, Shelley!<br />
Will definitely give this a read!</p>
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				<title>Wendy Darby and Tim Rollwagen are now friends</title>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 17 Nov 2018 14:34:59 -0500</pubDate>

				
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				<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2018 17:12:46 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi!<br />
Thank you 🙂<br />
Yes, I know! Second language instruction has so many possibilities for innovation! I would be very happy to chat with you (I&#8217;m sure your librarian would be, too) Hopefully, I will see you tomorrow!</p>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2018 14:45:49 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you, Kristen! You have a great library at TCS, as I&#8217;m sure you know. I definitely take some inspirations from there!</p>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2018 14:44:30 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you, Eric! It is nice to see the librarians so well represented in Cohort21. Definitely a resource I&#8217;m looking forward to using 🙂</p>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2018 14:43:16 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I know! It&#8217;s kind of funny to me that I&#8217;m a librarian. I was always the chatty kid wanting to explain and talk through my understanding. That&#8217;s how I learn! This new learning commons model for libraries is definitely up my alley 🙂</p>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2018 14:40:32 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Marc,</p>
<p>Thank you.</p>
<p>Yes, definitely! Creating subject specific resources would be the next step. Exciting times!</p>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2018 03:26:26 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Congratulations! It&#8217;s amazing the difference a little change in perspective can provide.</p>
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									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is so important, Leslie. I make a point of saying thank you (maybe sometimes too much) but it goes along way! In my past life as a waitress, I didn&#8217;t ever really care about getting a good tip. I just wanted people to say thank you. How do you like to be appreciated?</p>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2018 20:52:05 -0500</pubDate>

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									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It was very cool to meet you, too, Leslie. Thank you for sharing your story with us. It was clearly a powerful moment for you. Thank you for your thoughts on a carpentry blog. You&#8217;ve got me thinking! Looking forward to seeing you again in a couple weeks. Enjoy the snow this week 🙂</p>
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