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For me, firsts are difficult. The first day of a new school year always makes me nervous. Meeting someone new for the first time can be intimidating. Writing my first blog post about my work with...
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Wow, those are some excellent suggestions! I had never thought about keeping track of the reflections and allowing them to look for trends. You also make a great point about the importance of...
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I agree with you that the tech tool I choose should be an early decision as well as an important one in shaping what comes next. Thank you for your kind words and the advice! In reply to - bnichols...
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Thanks for your feedback. I think your idea to revisit the purpose of assessment as learning reminds me how I want students to eventually be able to do this independently. It also ties in well with...
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What a great reminder to keep my eye on all types of technology! Perhaps one way that I could photos would be to take photos of student solutions when they solve problems in different ways and reflect...
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Excellent to hear another vote for the value of Socrative! It’s quickly moving up my list of methods to try. I’ve used Kahoot a couple of times and really love it for assessment for learning. The only...
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Thanks for the article link! I think I’ll use this in forming my next blog post. I miss Pi Week too! And this year, Pi Day is a big one. 3-14-15 (March 14, 2015) although technically it would round to...
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I love that students are not just playing around with the coding, but actually creating a product, a tool in fact, that they can see is useful to them. What a great way to challenge students as well as...
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bnichols wrote a new post, Action Plan - Reflection, Growth and Blogs, on the...
I began this whole process last year with a problem: my Grade 9 math students made the same mistakes over and over again, and my feedback wasn’t helping. So I then I did some research, found a...
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I love the three part breakdown of goals for meaningful reflection, I will absolutely be keeping this in mind as I begin the action part of my action plan tomorrow! From the section on metacognition in...
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My action plan is here, in the form of a Google Slide Presentation. In writing up my presentation for my action plan for next week, I realized that I had much more to say than I could fit into my...
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bnichols wrote a new post, Beginnings of P(roblem)-B(ased) L(earning), on the...
I’m planning to use this space to talk about what it’s like to teach Grade 9 math using problem-based learning (PBL) at my school. I hope to be honest about my challenges as well as celebrate the...
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Hi Ruth! I’m actually not a part of C21 this year, I’m just continuing to use my blog from a couple of years ago. I’m happy to chat more about our routine, etc. and I’ll certainly be posting more this...
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Thanks Justin! I’ve really been enjoying teaching PBL! So far, I don’t think students have found anything difficult about the method that they wouldn’t find difficult in a traditional math classroom....
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Not only have we chosen to completely restructure our lessons and where are questions are sourced from, we’ve also gone a new route in summative assessment. We still have lots of formative assessment...
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Thanks so much Garth! I would guess that time is on almost every teacher’s top 3 constraints. What I’m finding is that since the feedback is so valuable to them, and I can ask them more challenging...
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Hi Mackenzie! We are lucky this year to have a group of boys who mostly came in with a growth mindset. I had anticipated more resistance to asking them to present in front of the class, but most of...
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Hi Leslie! I’ve really struggled with getting students to read and reflect on feedback too. I’ve tried reflections in the past (although never without giving grades, that’s a great idea!), but I came...
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Well, I’ve marked and returned Test #2 and they went pretty much the same as the first round. With reports and long weekends, we didn’t get time to go through the rubric, which means it will have to...
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Thanks for the article link! I think I’ll use this in forming my next blog post. I miss Pi Week too! And this year, Pi Day is a big one. 3-14-15 (March 14, 2015) although technically it would round to...
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