Category Archives: Self Directed Learning

Developing a Sense of Urgency

In today’s PD session with CTL Academy Team, three weeks into the start of the school year the teachers shared that their students were showing signs of some bad habits returning. These habits included turning in work late, or not doing it, or not completing assigned tasks. Some of the teachers shared that to helpContinue reading “Developing a Sense of Urgency”

Chat GPT: Friend or Foe

( Image by jcomp on Freepik) As I began to prepare for my upcoming talk at the Festival of Education, Wellington College I took a pause to read some of the FB posts on the “Home Education and Home Schooling HELP and Support UK” Group. Consistently this group reflects families who have opted out ofContinue reading “Chat GPT: Friend or Foe”

Self Directed Learning and Taking Risks

The balance between having a school day, after school period and holiday time being fully planned for learners and our own children can at times interfere with their own development in building agency, creativity and taking risks. I came across this article that described the importance of kids having time of their own to getContinue reading “Self Directed Learning and Taking Risks”

A Great Valentine from My Kiddo

Today she texts me: Got to love it when a 12 year old in the wrong grade level is worrying about her progression in the future… (She has been bouncing between the UK and US system, now back in a UK aligned program hence the grade levels are off. In the US she would beContinue reading “A Great Valentine from My Kiddo”

Self Directed Learning-Why? How?

More and more we are expecting young people to direct their own learning similar to how they navigate their own social stream or gaming consumption. Sometimes they are assigned a study period during their school day other times teachers set a task for students to do with limited direction or maybe students are at homeContinue reading “Self Directed Learning-Why? How?”

To AI or Not to AI, that is the question….

There has been a lot of buzz in education post New Years with some large school districts ousting the use of AI in their schools. Both professionally and personally we have been having a play with the ChatGPT from Open AI. My first impression is WOW, this pushes me as a teacher and as aContinue reading “To AI or Not to AI, that is the question….”