Circle+of+Friends

= Circle of Friends ~ Reflective Practitioners at Work =

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Each **Learning Circle** has a link to their own group wiki page. Use this page to post resources / artifacts / photos / and other project information useful to group work. This journey is about learning, applying and capturing insight into the work of "HEAT™-ing" up inquiry learning with students as ** meaning-makers ** and ** media-makers **.=====

Learning journals a la blogging are meant to harness the power of informal learning and collaboration. INFORMAL LEARNING creates MORE learning than the formal face-to-face time! It is where steps are planned, alternatives are considered, and progress is noted, along with discovering the lessons learned along the way. Years of research and studies identifies two of the highest yielding PD practices to be activating collaborative cultures and purposeful reflective practices within the group like keeping learning journals. These two practices (collaboration / learning journals) significantly closes the gap between what is formally learned in workshops (which represents only 20% of mastery) and what actually happens in for kids with what is learned. The power of informal learning when combining these two together practices together taps into the 75% strategies of how most people including kids really REALLY learn new understandings/practices as together they make sense of the content/concepts introduced and begin the journey of applying it in their practices. The new social media tools absolutely increases the ability to tap into the "magic" of informal learning for all of us including our students. See Students as Bloggers - GREAT ideas for applying these same informal learning benefits into classrooms.

Twice-a-month blogging by all learning circle members (and their responses to each other) will be using the discussion tab from their own Learning Circle page. The time invested is considered a significant added-value pay back that will increase the vision of Inquiry + Tech Uses into practice. At the beginning of each month, start a discussion thread from your Learning Circle page reflecting on your journey along the way. At the end of the month, please visit another Learning Circle's discussion and comment. Enjoy all the many things you will learn along the way. Here are questions to inspire your reflective practice a la blogging.

√ What have you been doing? √ What have you learned? √ How have your practices changed or not? √ What's working? What needs to work better? √ What is exciting you? Anything worrying you? √ Any surprises? Quotes from kids? Delights? Bummers? √ Any advice for moving things forward?

Learning Circle One - Greg and the Twisted Sisters
School Grade || Leah Dayday Roland Michener 7/8 || School Grade || Kim Johnson Roland Michener TL || School Grade || Kelly Lacey Lakeridge 7 || School Grade || Laurie Hnatiuk Caroline Robins TL || School Grade || Greg Bereza Caroline Robins 6/7 || School Grade || Jenn Robertson Alvin Buckwold 7/8 || School Grade || Sandra Cochlan Alvin Buckwold TL || List emails in one row, separated by commas: cochlans@spsd.sk.ca, robertsonj@spsd.sk.ca, hnatiukl@spsd.sk.ca, robertsonj@spsd.sk.ca, berezag@spsd.sk.ca, daydayl@spsd.sk.ca, johnsonk@spsd.sk.ca
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=Learning Circle Two - Tech Voyageurs= School Grade || Karen Routley Henry Kelsey/River Heights TL || School Grade || Julienne Buckle Henry Kelsey 4/5 || School Grade || Gerry Krogstad River Heights 7-8 || School Grade || Audrey MacDonald Lester B Pearson TL || School Grade || Carrie Soroski Lester B.Pearson 7 || School Grade || Ruth Elliott KingGeorge & Westmount TL || School Grade || Mary Jo Devine King George Read 2 Succeed || School Grade || Rob Janzen Westmount Grade 7 & 8 || List emails in one row, separated by commas: routleyk@spsd.sk.ca, macdonalda@spsd,sk.ca, elliottr@spsd.sk.ca, devinem@spsd.sk.ca, janzenr@spsd.sk.ca soroskic@spsd.sk bucklej@spsd.sk.ca krogstadg@spsd.sk.ca
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=Learning Circle Three - The BeeVee's Staying Alive= School Brevoort Park Grade TL || School Grade || Merril Bulin Brevoort Park 4 and VP || School Grade || Najla Akl Brunskill and Vincent Massey TL || School Grade || Yvonne Denomy Victoria TL and VP || School Grade || Rob Friesen Vincent Massey 5 || School Grade || Janelle Helfrick Martin Brunskill 2/3 || School Grade || Meredith Greenshields Brunskill intern in Martin's class 2/3 || List emails in one row, separated by commas: funks@spsd.sk.ca, bulinm@spsd.sk.ca, akln@spsd.sk.ca, denomyy@spsd.sk.ca, helfrickmartinj@spsd.sk.ca friesena@spsd.sk.ca
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=**Learning Circle Four - ThInquKnowledgists**= School || Diane Barsi, TL Holliston || School || Alison Robbins Jakes, TL Queen Elizabeth || School || Lesley Walters JLA Confederation || School Grade || George Rozdilsky Holliston School 4/5 || School Grade || Allan Parson JLA 3 || School Grade || Mathew Fidelleck Confederation Park 5 || School Grade || Jamie Prokopchuk Queen Elizabeth 2 || List emails in one row, separated by commas: Barsid@spsd.sk.ca, robbinsjakesa@spsd.sk.ca , rozdilskyg@spsd.sk.ca, prokopchukj@spsd.sk.ca waltersl@spsd.sk.ca parsona@spsd.sk.ca fidelleckm@spsd.sk.ca
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=Learning Circle Five - The Baguettes= School Grade || Paul Bazin Webster Lakeview Resource TL || School Grade || Kristin Smith WP Bate / Fairhaven TL || School Grade || Denise Rossmo-Wiegers Silverspring / Wildwood TL || School Grade || Jaelynne Cherwoniak Sutherland Gr. 6 / TL || School Grade || Jim Best Wildwood 8 || School Grade || Blair Ross Silverspring 1/2 || School Grade || Wayne Gering Sutherland 8 || School Grade || Maria Bekolay WP BATE Resource 3-5 || List emails in one row, separated by commas: bazinwebster@spsd.sk.ca rossmo-wiegersd@spsd.sk.ca, rossb@spsd.sk.ca, bestj@spsd.sk.ca smithk@spsd.sk.ca, cherwoniakj@spsd.sk.ca, geringw@spsd.sk.ca, bekolaym@spsd.sk.ca
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=Learning Circle 6 - 7 plus 1 Equals Gr8= School Grade || Tanya Deneiko Caswell Grade 6 AcTal || School Grade || Crystal Lambert Caswell Grade 3/4 || School Grade || Megan Hernberg Brownell 5/6 || School Grade || Rita Roy Prince Philip 6/7 and French || School Grade || Jan Harrison Brownell/Caswell Community TL || School Grade || Brenda Nissen North Park Wilson TL || School Grade || Greg Wihak Prince Philip TL/VP || School Grade || Tanya North Park Wilson Grade 8 || List emails in one row, separated by commas: wihakg@spsd.sk.ca, beattiet@spsd.sk.ca, royri@spsd.sk.ca, harrisonj@spsd.sk.ca, deneikot@spsd.sk.ca, lambertcr@spsd.sk.ca, hernbergm@spsd.sk.ca, nissenb@spsd.sk.ca
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=**Learning Circle Seven - Team Salsa**= School Grade || Irene Kindrachuk Lawson/Silverwood TL :) || School Grade || Deanna Constantinoff Silverwood Heights One || School Grade || Jodi Brissaw Lawson Heights 5/6 || School Grade || Tamzen Kulyk Hugh Cairns/Greystone TL || School Grade || Aaron Hansen Greystone Heights 6 AcTal || School Grade || Michelle Pantel Greystone Heights 8 AcTal || School Grade || Mickey Jutras Pleasant Hill TL || School Grade || Ben Eng Pleasant Hill 2 and 3 || List emails in one row, separated by commas: brissawj@spsd.sk.ca, jutrasm@spsd.sk.ca, kindrachuki@spsd.sk.ca, kulykt@spsd.sk.ca, constantinoffd@spsd.sk.ca, engbe@spsd.sk.ca, hansena@spsd.sk.ca, pantelm@spsd.sk.ca
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Learning Circle Eight - Iditarod
School Grade || Erika Bakker Misbah KG || School Grade || Marge Roszell Dundo/PACS TL || School Grade || Anne Brander H. Coad TL || School Grade || Howard Coad Neil Canton || School Grade || Cassandra Shangraw Saskatoon Misbah School 6/7 || School Grade || Deb Wilkinson Dundonald 5 || School Grade || C.L. Hayden Princess Alexandra 5/6 ||
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List emails in one row, separated by commas: bakkere@spsd.sk.ca, roszellm@spsd.sk.ca, brandera@spsd.sk.ca, shangrawc@spsd.sk.ca, wilkinsonde@spsd.sk.ca haydenc@spsd.sk.ca

=Lead LC Roles= Jaelynne Cherwoniak ||
 * **Group** || **Technology/Digital Citizenship** || **Inquiry/H.E.AT.** || **Collaboration/Communication** ||
 * **What to Keep Your Eye On:** **Responsibilities of Each Role** || * Adhering to digital citizenship
 * Generating curriculum connections with technology
 * Considering developing student expertise || * Collecting pre/post questions
 * Coaching others through the inquiry process
 * Introducing others to the H.E.A.T questions and rubric
 * Ensuring student engagement and agency
 * Facilitating growing skills in credible, reliable searches (R.A.D.C.A.B.) || * Nuturing the twice-a-month blogging
 * Providing a metasummary for each blogging twice-a-month period to Judy and Carlene
 * Coaching others through the collaborative process and how to involve others in coplanning and coteaching
 * Checking the progress of collaborative process ||
 * Group 1 || Laurie Hnatiuk || Sandra Cochlan || Kim Johnston ||
 * Group 2 || Ruth Elliott || Audrey MacDonald || Karen Routley ||
 * Group 3 || Susan Funk || Yvonne Denomy || Najla Akl ||
 * Group 4 || Lesley Walters || Diane Barsi || Alison Robbins Jakes ||
 * Group 5 || Paul Bazin Webster || Kristin Smith || Denise Rossmo-Wiegers,
 * Group 6 || Greg Wihak || Jan Harrison || Brenda Nissen ||
 * Group 7 || Tamzen Kulyk || Irene Kindrachuk || Mickey Jutras ||
 * Group 8 || Erika Bakker || Marge Roszell || Anne Brander ||