Kristen Fitzsimmons

@k_fitzsimmons_

Instructional Coach at St. Mary's High School (BGCDSB) who loves learning about EdTech, STEAM, Coding, French, Math, PBL and more

Owen Sound, Ontario
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Joined October 2013
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    12 Jun 2020

    A PBL Culture of Thinking: Routines | Why projects should focus on student thinking, not only the product, with sample thinking routines for each of the 4 phases of a project.

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    26 Jun 2019

    Want some tips on improving the central focus of ? Read A Tricky Part of PBL: Writing a Driving Question by

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  3. 20 Jun 2019

    Well this is exciting!

    Teachers, we heard you! Giving your students rich, personalized feedback is super important for their growth. Discover the improvements we're bringing to to make the grading workflow more efficient and effective:
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  4. 12 Jun 2019

    Mr. Varsava helped me build my first robot this week - I think I’m hooked!

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  5. 12 Jun 2019

    Students in Mme Piovesan’s class used the design thinking process to create activities for a French Immersion transition day. hosted Gr 7/8 students from this afternoon

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    7 Jun 2019

    Need a jargon-free list to include in messaging to parents and community to build support for Project Based Learning? Check out "Top 10 Reasons Why Teaching Key Competencies with PBL is a Good Idea"

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    4 Jun 2019

    Late tweet but I was impressed at the last Thurs. Youth showing their innovation, creativity & critical thinking skills. All essential to solve tomorrow’s problems. this canoe was handcrafted.

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  8. 5 Jun 2019

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  9. 5 Jun 2019

    Have you considered having students collaborate with an expert? This resource from explains why you might want to try it, and gives some great suggestions for getting started.

    FREE GUIDE! In designing projects, we strive to have students doing the work of the world. Inviting those who actually do that work in the world into your project can be extremely powerful. Need suggestions?
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  10. 5 Jun 2019

    Students stopped by to ask Mr. Fitz to be the speaker at this year’s grad (he said yes 🙂)

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  11. 5 Jun 2019

    So pleased to see my colleagues - Andy and Rachel - presenting at an adolescent literacy conference this morning. They’re sharing their learning about small group instruction in 2P English

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  12. 31 May 2019

    So glad to have finally met in person today. Definitely my favourite prof

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    30 May 2019

    Shout out to the Stangfest Sponsors!

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  14. 29 May 2019

    Prize passports are almost ready! Every activity you visit earns you a raffle ticket. There are over $1000 worth of prizes to win at StangFest tomorrow night.

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  15. 29 May 2019

    Students in class are busy pulling things together for StangFest tomorrow night. Come to from 4-7 on Thursday to see the results of all their hard work!

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  16. 27 May 2019

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  17. 27 May 2019

    Students from Fitz & Lahn’s Grade 12 law class () studied laws surrounding international waters & species conservation, then wrote this book to share their learning with a friend

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  18. 22 May 2019

    Mentors received a certificate and hoodie, while Menteee received a certificate and a reference letter from their Mentor.

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  19. 22 May 2019

    Celebrating the great work of our mentors and mentees today.

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  20. 16 May 2019

    What are you doing on May 30th?

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