Thursday, February 4, 2016

Metacognition in FSL

We have been exploring Growth Mindset and metacognition in FSL
as it relates to learning goals and skills: 

 Students created an "Instagram post" based on their past experiences with a goal of introducing passé composé for the purpose of spontaneous communication. Students discussed their past weekends with extensions such as avec qui, où et pourquoi and then prepared a more formal written task. Co-created success criteria included matching images with the text, revision and editing process as well as some learning skills. As a French teacher who doesn't exactly assess learning skills, I'm wondering how this fits in? Although we discussed strategies time and time again, we continue to reflect on learning skills in our metacognition piece of the FSL curriculum. What are your thoughts?

Sunday, December 13, 2015

Inspiring Colleagues

Inspiring Colleagues to take the path of Student Led Conferences and Digital Portfolios

One of the three goals for the TLLP projects is to facilitate the sharing of exemplary practices with others for the broader benefit of Ontario's students.

I have always wanted to be part of a school that conducts Student Led Conferences from Kindergarten to Grade 8 (still on the bucket list).  This professional goal has always been a driving force for many exemplary practise awards that I have received with colleagues over the years of my teaching career.

It is a pleasure to post the successes of my colleagues who have ventured into the world of Student Led Conferences.
Enjoy the read...

Thanks for posting your adventures +John Butler

More colleague adventures to share soon... 


   



How To: Create an Interactive E-Book with Google Slides

July 14, 2015 by Rob Kamrowski

https://mrrobkamrowski.wordpress.com/2015/07/14/how-to-create-an-interactive-e-book-with-google-slides/

Great potential for documenting the student learning journey.

Thanks +Mario Addesa for tweeting this out and @MrKamrowski for blogging about it.


Other related links
Can Teachers Author Their Own Textbooks On the Fly

Monday, October 19, 2015

Before this journey began...

https://storify.com/mrm1mr/ican-promoting-growthmindset-and-self-regulation

Before this journey began, many hours were spent researching current ideas in the education world and exploring the links between past, current and future trends.  Please view the storify link above to learn about this research.