contemplating a brave new classroom
Written by Celeste Kirsh
Authentic audiences, student voice / choice, SAMR friendly uses of technology, academic mindsets, thoughtful exhibition of student work, big ideas, essential questions, cross-curricular connections, and critical thinking…it’s enough to make my brain burst! In many ways I feel like going deeper into deeper learning and 21st century pedagogy through the DLmooc and Cohort 21 has […]
Written by Celeste Kirsh
I have to admit that I have enjoyed the messiness of my journey this year to uncover and articulate my action plan. I knew that I wanted to explore something related to personalized learning and my English teaching specifically, but it really took me some murky moments to understand what I need to improve and […]
Written by Celeste Kirsh
What I Saw The Students Actually “Do”: I am a (new) big fan of the “know, do, reflect” model of assessment that came up during the Assessment panel discussion in the Deeper Learning MOOC. Bob Lenz’s model, I think, could be a new way for me to understand how I can structure my assessment tasks […]
Written by Celeste Kirsh
Background: Be it resolved that teaching students how to make deep connections between disciplines, in a limited amount of time, is a ridiculously challenging experience. Thank goodness for March break (and the warm sun of Florida) to digest and make sense of this learning experience. A few weeks ago, I posted about one of the […]
Written by Celeste Kirsh
Tagging on to my reflections about mindsets from the DLMooc work, I wanted to share an experience I had as a teacher this past week. Every winter, the Grade 7 class spends three days north of Toronto in the forest, making peace with winter. This was my first time on this particular trip and […]
Written by Celeste Kirsh
This week, the DLMOOC was focusing on mindsets. While I have read Carol Dwek’s book and have experimented modestly with incorporating the idea of growth mindsets into how my projects are designed, I really appreciated the honest grapplings during the lens into the classroom dilemma. Matt Biller and Kevin Denton from Polaris Expeditionary Learning School. […]
