Model the Learning

It's that time of year again - a time for reflection and contemplation on the past year, and a time for setting new goals for a new year. Calm, and reflective. The past few Decembers, I've participated in the #onewordONT community, choosing a single word that summarizes my outlook and goals for the next year as I move forward in my professional practice. For 2015 , my word was JUMP - jumping into new adventures and taking risks to try new things. For 2016 , my word was REFLECTION - working more reflection into my practice as a teacher, but also helping my students reflect on their learning. For 2017 , my word was PATIENCE - practicing patience with both myself in learning a new role, and with the process of implementing change. It won't happen overnight. PATIENCE was a good focus for me this past year as I work my way toward deeper understanding. Coming out of the classroom, I've been involved in many learning opportunities in my new-ish role as a math co

This year marked a shift in focus of my blogging , away from adventures in the classroom working mostly with students, and toward adventures as a board co-ordinator working mostly with teachers.  The past few years, I've enjoyed reflecting on which posts become the most-read, but this year the numbers seemed skewed - the more established blog's views were much higher than the new blog, due partially to previously-made links, and partially due to something fishy going on in the hit counter (and, I suspect, some bots). So this year, as I'm working toward my new #onewordONT goal for 2018, I decided to look at the most-read three posts from each blog. Here they are: Model the Learning: 3) BIT17 Ignite - Find Your Why - My Ignite talk from BIT2017. 2) Making the Most of Tracking Observations with Forms - Using Google Forms in new ways to track what we see in the math classroom. 1) A New Diagnostic - Looking at a new tool being developed in our board for assessing