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What is Cohort 21 ?
Published 8/16/2012 in Cohort 21
What is Cohort 21 ? Cohort 21 is structured, but organic. It is rooted in current research, with an eye to the future of education. It is personalized, but highly collaborative, and it is authentic with participants being held accountable to their school, colleagues, and the wider audience of the CIS. Borrowing from  the Klingenstein model, and other successful blended learning programs,...
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Cohort 21
Published 10/20/2012 in Marcie Lewis
Welcome to Cohort 21 The Cohort 21 Network. Cohort 21 is a unique professional development opportunity open to teachers and school leaders who are seeking to build a learning network amongst CIS Ontario member schools. The Cohort 21 community will be built on a foundation of collaboration and innovation and together, will investigate and refine 21st century teaching and learning best practices...
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And so it begins... Cohort 21 Thoughts and Reflections
Published 10/20/2012 in Finding the Math in the Middle
Riding my bike away from The York School yesterday, I was mulling over exactly what I had signed up to be a part of for the coming school year. A year long PD involving teachers from every department from schools across the CIS is both exciting but also overwhelming at the same time. Coming away from my morning, I realized that I had not experienced a PD morning like this before, because I was...
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Hello world!
Published 10/20/2012 in Jesse Denison
Welcome to Cohort 21 The Cohort 21 Network. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging! Cohort 21 is a unique professional development opportunity open to teachers and school leaders who are seeking to build a learning network amongst CIS Ontario member schools. The Cohort 21 community will be built on a foundation of collaboration and innovation and together, will...
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Hello world!
Published 10/20/2012 in Tim Hutton
Welcome to Cohort 21 The Cohort 21 Network. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging! Cohort 21 is a unique professional development opportunity open to teachers and school leaders who are seeking to build a learning network amongst CIS Ontario member schools. The Cohort 21 community will be built on a foundation of collaboration and innovation and together, will...
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Introductions
Published 10/20/2012 in Shelley Thomas
Welcome to my blog on The Cohort 21 Network. I am the Director of Instructional and Administrative Technologies at Ridley College, a co-educational boarding and day school in Saint Catharines, Ontario. I teach senior level English Literature, Film Studies, and Media Studies in our Upper School. Cohort 21 is a unique professional development opportunity open to teachers and school leaders...
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Internet... Where strangers meet
Published 10/20/2012 in Afzal Shaikh
  Essentially the internet has become a place were strangers can come together to share. There is a great ted talk by professor Jonathan Zitterman that talks about the internet as a place were "random acts of kindness" take place. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P65XdTlk4vA Enjoy and comment    
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Hello world!
Published 10/20/2012 in Melody Russell
Welcome to Cohort 21 The Cohort 21 Network. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging! Cohort 21 is a unique professional development opportunity open to teachers and school leaders who are seeking to build a learning network amongst CIS Ontario member schools. The Cohort 21 community will be built on a foundation of collaboration and innovation and together, will...
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Cohort 21 launches!
Published 10/20/2012 in La vie en classe
Cohort 21 is a unique professional development opportunity open to teachers and school leaders who are seeking to build a learning network amongst CIS Ontario member schools. The Cohort 21 community will be built on a foundation of collaboration and innovation and together, will investigate and refine 21st century teaching and learning best practices through the rich experience of “learning by...
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Good Morning!
Published 10/20/2012 in Out of the Horseradish
Welcome to my Technology & Teaching blog on The Cohort 21 Network. I am the Technology & Teaching Coach at St. Clement's School - an Independent school for girls in Toronto, ON. St. Clement’s School develops outstanding women who are intellectually curious, courageous and compassionate. Cohort 21 is a unique professional development opportunity open to teachers and school...
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