Re-thinking learning for the 21st Century
Written by Tanya Catallo
I think that what I will be really excited to see on April 22nd is all the planning and work that everyone has done for their action plans. Sharing these will be invigorating and will help to stretch my own thinking. I just can’t wait!
Written by Tanya Catallo
Since putting together some preliminary ideas about my action plan, a lot has happened at VC. The outstanding @lmcbeth provided our staff with an absolutely fantastic professional development session to introduce the concept of technology enabled learning. Through modelling Leslie showed us how to “leverage technology to engage students, while managing behaviour”. We were exposed […]
Written by Tanya Catallo
Beginning Cohort 21, I knew that I wanted to blend my passions: a passion for collaborative inquiry and a passion for improvement. As a school just beginning to introduce technology into teaching (through a one to one laptop program) we are in the initial stages of investigating and understanding the deeper connections between technology, pedagogy, and […]
Written by Tanya Catallo
So, post Cohort 21 F2F #2, where am I? Where will I go next? Where is my thinking with regards to my action plan? I can honestly say that where I am right now, where my thinking is at, is solidly “trapped” in an upward spiral of Design Thinking. As I was working through the […]
Written by Tanya Catallo
Making Time to Reflect on Practice This past week, the wonderful and super talented Elissa Gelleny, extended the professional development she had introduced to our staff last year. While sitting in the PD session, what hit me was how many people “took to” twitter and its potential as a professional development tool. The level of […]
Written by Tanya Catallo
Cohort 21: Season Four Kick Off! Energy. Enthusiasm. Brainpower. Collaboration. Technology. Motivation. Inquiry. Growth Mindset. Personalized Learning. Professional. Fun. When I was considering participating in Cohort 21, these were just a few of the ways that the Cohort 21 experience was described by my colleagues and friends. Little did I know that these phrases couldn’t […]
Written by Tanya Catallo
Welcome to Cohort 21. This is the first post on your new blog. This journal is an integral part of your Cohort 21 experience. Here you will reflect, share and collaborate as you move through the C21 learning cycle towards your action plan. Cohort 21 is a unique professional development opportunity open to CIS Ontario […]
