Monthly Archives: March 2018

Collaborations in Ontario Extend

Posted on March 28, 2018 by HJ.DeWaard

How do I explain this Ontario Extend – Extend East collaboration? I’m going to try since this week’s module is about collaboration. It’s like a club, but there’s no physical clubhouse, and everyone’s welcome to join in! It’s a group … Continue reading →

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Curation – a call to action

Posted on March 21, 2018 by HJ.DeWaard

This is a response for the Ontario Extend module focusing on Curation, specifically accessing and curating from repositories for course content. This is not new for me. I’ve mentioned that I consider curation as a new literacy for teachers to … Continue reading →

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Designing learning 101

Posted on March 18, 2018 by HJ.DeWaard

I’ve been dabbling into the process of design and examined various definitions of design thinking as it applies to education. I’ve dipped into design thinking [see some resources below], participated in a couple of IDEO courses to extend my thinking about … Continue reading →

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Like driving a car

Posted on March 14, 2018 by HJ.DeWaard

This is a response for the Ontario Extend module Teacher for Learning, specifically the Mastery section which looks at mastery of a subset of skills that educators deconstruct and teach, in order for students to achieve competency of the subset … Continue reading →

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Combining Strategies for #oextend

Posted on March 13, 2018 by HJ.DeWaard

This is a response for the Ontario Extend module Teacher for Learning, specifically the Organize Knowledge section which outlines the purpose of providing students with better opportunities for note taking. When I first saw the Cornell notes I had a … Continue reading →

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Mapping a course for #oextend

Posted on March 10, 2018 by HJ.DeWaard

This post is a response for the Ontario Extend module Teacher for Learning in the Organize Knowledge section. The extend activity was to create a concept map of my course but since I’ve been using concept maps in course design, … Continue reading →

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Analogy for ‘Learning’

Posted on March 10, 2018 by HJ.DeWaard

This is a post for the Ontario Extend ‘take it to the bank’ activity ‘So Misunderstood‘ in the Teacher for Learning module. It’s a dip into understanding prior knowledge and how it can impede or enhance student understanding. One of … Continue reading →

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Extending into the Open #oextend

Posted on March 6, 2018 by HJ.DeWaard

Getting started with Ontario Extend is one way to extend my thinking and extend my engagement into digital spaces that are new and interesting. Contributions to the Daily Extend, into the collection of resources in the Activity Bank and capturing … Continue reading →

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