Ril McknightMar 52 minReflectionReflection is concerned with consciously looking at and thinking about our experiences, actions, feelings, and responses, and then interpreting or analyzing ...
Ril McknightMar 23 minElaborations “When will I ever use this in the real world?” The question we all hate especially math educators. And Ill be honest sometimes I say never. But research doe...
Ril McknightFeb 242 minDo you get graded in life?During #crazypln chat the other day some things really had me thinking about grades. The tweet "Students can learn without grades, but they cannot learn with...
Ril McknightJan 12 minOvercomeWell here it is January 1, 2020 and I am blogging about my #oneword2020. OVERCOME. Now why would I pick a word like that for 2020 when 2019 was the year I ...
Ril McknightOct 24, 20194 minHow does performance task assessment work in my classroom?So I have been asked many times: how do you work the performance task assessment in you senior classes? Well I try to explain it here. But first we need to ...
Ril McknightSep 21, 20193 minIdentityWhat is your identity? Your role in life? What are you know for? These are tough questions to ask yourself. But it's even tougher for our students to answer...
Ril McknightSep 14, 20193 minHow do you see math???As I sat down today watching Shelley Moore's "See Ya Later SMART goals!", it hit me how her research should be used to help explain math and how we should te...
Ril McknightSep 13, 20193 minA new beginningHappiness is a fresh start. I am in the midst of a new beginning or as others see it the end or retirement from my teaching career. After many years in the ...
Ril McknightAug 31, 20192 minIts about what students discover.When this came across my screen the other day, I had my big aha moment. This meme resonates with me. It so aligns to my why in education. I always explain...
Ril McknightJul 21, 20193 minNot everything is as it seems.Over the past bit of time I have been dealing with a heart issue that has kept me from my job as an educator. During this time, I still tried to visit my st...
Ril McknightJul 5, 20192 minControlControl is an issue we all seem to deal with daily. Wanting control. Giving up control. Losing control. Keeping your control. It all matters. As an educ...
Ril McknightJun 3, 20192 minPerformance Task AssessmentEvery day of my life I am assess on my abilities to perform a task. Whether it is cooking, cleaning, gardening or working a job, I am usually assessed on my ...
Ril McknightMay 17, 20193 minRe-evaluating my why...This morning a quote from a PLN fritter started me thinking again. She tweeted: Busy day! Doing a @fitwithfrank with the class, designing a solar system part...
Ril McknightMay 8, 20192 minTwitter PLNI have been a twitter person for eons but I have started using it to grow my professional learning network in the past few years. I find that twitter allows...
Ril McknightMay 4, 20192 minCAFLN conference 2019We all seem to work in silos creating our lesson, unit plans, course outlines, projects and assessment. It seems to be the norm that many teachers seem to s...
Ril McknightApr 13, 20192 minAssessment for, as and of learning in MathFor over 30 years, I have been teaching high school math with a goal in mind of keeping it fun and rigorous. As a student, I found that I learned math diffe...
Ril McknightApr 7, 20193 minIntrovert on stageThis image is really an amazing replication of how I felt yesterday. You see the introvert me, was able to get out from behind and talk about my why. A few m...
Ril McknightFeb 28, 20194 minBreaking down the brick and mortar of schools and trying the flex modelI have always been the type of teacher that needs to have change in my life. I have never been happy teaching the same things every year. I also was never ...
Ril McknightFeb 18, 20194 minCapstone Project Hmm?/?/As we in BC are starting to think about or actually are implementing the new curriculum in grades 11 &12, I am wondering how everyone will find a way to comp...
Ril McknightFeb 7, 20192 minStorytelling in Calculus 12As we begin a new semester, I decided to start the class off by asking students to research some of the founders of Calculus. This is a way to ease into what...