On Growing Mushrooms and Community
By Karen Richardson As an early birthday gift, my husband gave me a mushroom growing kit. It was pretty much a box of dirt with a bag of “starter,” which I think were spores in peat moss. I spread the contents of the bag over the dirt, spritzed with water, and then covered it up with plastic. Waited patiently. When I opened the plastic, I discovered that the contents of the bag had begun to grow, not into mushrooms yet, but into a white web of organic material that spread over the dirt. There were some areas where the web...
read moreGoogle Earth: Creating Placemarks to Share and Collaborate
This is part two of our Google Earth sessions. Students can use the tool to explore natural features, historical monuments and characteristics of cities. The greatest power of this tool lies in its ability to promote inquiry-based research and collaborative action. Join us for a session on how to create placemarks to share and collaborate using a tool that can be integrated into almost any discipline. Presenter: Thomas Cooper Date: March 23, 2009 Series: 21st Century Fellows Tools Series View this session About this series Have you been...
read moreComing Together
This is pulled from a blog post in the International cohort and posted here with permission. Posted by Susan Carter Morgan on March 14, 2009 at 7:49pm I remember Carey Pohanka’s face during the PLP face to face meeting back in September. Her expression said, “what have I gotten into??” Though the day energized me, I sensed that some (all?) of the team felt overwhelmed. As I asked them to jump into the ning, continue blogging, meet with me monthly, and “just try this” in their classes, I felt their...
read morePLP News from Down Under
By Mary Worrell A lot of news has been coming out of Australia recently – not all of it good. Last month a brushfire ravaged the province of Victoria killing nearly 200 people. For Powerful Learning Practice’s International Cohort, the pain of the event hit close to home with team members having family and students affected by the fires. But it didn’t take long for the PLP community to spring into action and try to find some silver lining in the tragic news coming from down under. Two members of the PLP International Cohort...
read moreEvolving Conversations.
By Dean Shareski Having been involved in many emerging communities in the past 5 years I always smile when the conversations move from the WOW factor to the deep questions of teaching and learning. Education technology is full of “WOWs” and shiny objects. I like them both and no one should ever have to apologize over the excitement of a new tool. The great thing about technology is there’s always something new and exciting. The bad thing about technology is that there’s always something new and exciting. Many people...
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