Reflection rebranded?

What can we do to repackage the concept of reflection for our students and ourselves? “Reflection isn’t a single thing, a box to check in some elliptical cycle of learning. It’s as much a matter of self-awareness, humility, and affection as it is of timing, sequence, and procedure.” (Read full Edutopia post here) Educators have…

Three things Turnitin can tell you about your writing

Photo Credit: lanuiop via Compfight Our students are just submitting a draft of their Extended Essays to the Turnitin database. Turnitin is a writing tool that we’re beginning to use in our secondary school as a way to support student writers. It includes an easy way to have students peer-review each other’s writing, a nice…