Tanja Ness

I am very excited and grateful to be a part of Cohort 21. Meeting all the participants at our face to face session was motivating and refreshing.

My professional goals for this year. First, I would like to introduce an interdisciplinary study between physical education and science departments. I would like to do this by educating the students on the links between scientific research (the why) and the mental illness/behaviour issues (the effect) of misuse of technology. I would like to create a workshop for the middle school students to educate them and then have them complete a task for them to learn by “doing”.

Pedagogy, belonging and wellbeing (7-12) is where I would like to focus. I feel that what is urgent right now is educating students about the misuse of technology and how it is effecting their developing brain. This is important because the choices and habits they are building at this age will create long lasting and dangerous effects.

Questions I have are:

1. How can I make this engaging and meaningful for the students
2. Age group to mainly focus on. Grade 7 and 8?
3. Where to find the most appropriate resources.

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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 joined Cohort 21 and your professional goals for this year. Now that the year has begun and you have met your students what IMPORTANT  goal might you like to address and leverage this community to get support with?

Question 2: Which of the Season 13 Strands resonates with you and why? Share what you feel is both urgent and important about it for you and your school at the moment and some of the questions you have about moving forward.

I am interested in the Pedagogy, Belonging and Wellbeing (7-12). This resonates with me for several reasons