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 [...]

True 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.  [...]

Highlights from Ontario and Lower Hudson

Alec Couros and Dean Shareski discuss the Ontario Lower Hudson Cohort.

New 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 [...]

Conjugating the Verb “to Ning”

By Karl Fisch
We’ve had some interesting discussions in the ADVIS Cohort around the idea of “lurking” (reading, but not contributing) in online communities. There have been lots of thoughtful responses and discussions, but I thought this comment by Karen Johnson from Trevor Day School was a great way to look at it:
I’d suggest the term [...]