Our Cohort Approach to Learning
The National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL), defines a cohort as a “community formed around a common learning endeavor, where students support one another in their academic and cognitive development and emotional wellbeing.” How does this...
Human Understanding Changes Over Time
Well...what a year it has been. I mean that in the 2020 sense, and in the just over a year of being a part of the COETAIL course. Since starting COETAIL I’ve made cheese, learned how to use new tools, confronted my discomfort with filming and recording myself, and...
This is it: my final project
Photo by Aalok Atreya on Unsplash A picture is worth a thousand wordsAnonymous Sometimes, a powerful picture can read us. When I saw this photo today, I saw myself in between two worlds, before and after COETAIL. You can be surprised to hear that but it’s the way I...
Opportunities during an Inopportune Time
My friend and colleague, Alexa Stamatyades. Our extended Covid-19 trip took us to to see the quokkas in Australia because what better way to escape the world than to look at these cute furry creatures? When I created my original unit plan for this final project in...
Silver Linings
Back in January, things were looking pretty rosey. I was on track with the COETAIL final project, tech integration was growing at a fantastic rate in the classrooms, we were just about to start our digital citizenship program with grades 6 through 10, and I had done a...
Then & Now
So here we are, friends. The end of an arduous yet rewarding journey for COETAIL and the school year. The beginning of what will definitely be a new way of doing life and school in the months ahead. And as I sit down to write my final blog post for this course, I’m...
Redeveloping technology expression in the PYPx
Photo by Andrea Leopardi on Unsplash At the beginning of this semester I was on track to create a final project for COETAIL relating to my teaching of a redefined empowered use agreement for YIS. However, COVID-19 had different plans. As I scrambled to adjust my...
Developing a community
As my initial COETAIL journey comes to a close, I’ve spent some time recently reflecting on the journey and the COETAIL community as a whole. I’d like to share three ways in which I’ve engaged with my PLN regarding themes related to COETAIL. Photo by Kari...
Ends and Beginnings
https://youtu.be/Q0vuMtuIo2s My Course Five final video I must say that the two classes in film studies during my B.A. 25 years ago didn’t prepare me much for making a movie. When I was taking pictures and media I found that Dutch Angles just didn’t add to the...