A “buzz” in the room
By Lani Ritter-Hall Administrative expectations, pacing charts — Students engaged in inquiry project based learning— PEARLS PLPers – cognizant of the tension of expectations and needs of their students– gather in their virtual learning community supporting, nudging each other—delving into the issue of “time” for project based learning—an issue raised in an Elluminate session by some community members to whom the concept of inquiry is new and for whom the pressures of “time” and/or expectations loom large– In...
read moreTrue Collaboration
By John Pederson This past week the TriState PLP group was introduced to “The Project”. One important design principal in the PLP experience is that details of “The Project” are held back until a few months into the process. This intentionally causes a bit of angst. Teachers’ daily lives involve ensuring structure in teaching and learning. PLP feels a bit “fuzzy” for teachers during the first few months as important groundwork is laid leading up to the culminating experience. The expectation of...
read moreHighlights from Ontario and Lower Hudson
Alec Couros and Dean Shareski discuss the Ontario Lower Hudson Cohort. [bliptv AYG14jsA]
read moreGoogle Applications
Google Applications is a broad solution that schools can use to bring communication and collaboration tools to the entire academic community for free. Students, teachers and staff can share ideas more quickly and get things done more effectively when they have access to the same powerful communication and sharing tools. We will discuss Google documents, presentations, spreadsheets, calendar and other free tools associated with a google account. Presenter: Robin Ellis Date: December 10, 2009 Series: Virtual Institutes View this session About...
read moreNew Attitudes
By Dean Shareski Working with the Tri-State PLP cohort I asked them to share the highlights of their learning thus far. Identity is certainly a major theme. Helen writes; The discussions of “digital citizenship” and creating digital footprints have impacted my way of thinking both personally and professionally. After reading the posts, I have made a concerted effort to be proactive in structuring the digital footprint I will have. More importantly, I now see that guiding our students in structuring their footprint will do far more...
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