What Do You Value?

By Karl Fisch
When educators talk about schools and technology, there’s a natural tendency to look forward, to a time when schools are “better,” with technology often part of the perceived solution. In fact, this is often a technique to try to focus on that elusive “vision” of what it is we do and what that [...]

Taking one step, then another, to an entirely new level

By Lani Ritter-Hall
“Part of the mission of PLP is to help participants build their cyber confidence while at the same time starting to build their personal and professional learning networks. One way we do that is by bringing in Experienced Voices. The idea behind “Experienced Voices” is twofold. First, it’s to bring into the PLP [...]

No Choice

By Will Richardson
One of my favorite things that Sheryl says when she talks about the challenges that schools face right now is that this generation of kids in our schools is the first not to have a choice about technology. Most of us grew up in a time when technology was an add on, and [...]

What is meant by transparency?

By John Pederson
Many of our PLP cohorts have teams that are starting down the path of their culminating action research projects.  The TriState PLP cohort recently wrapped our third Elluminate session where a few teams gave early updates on their status.
Among the feedback that we provide is the importance of making your personal learning and [...]

We are going to help each other learn

By Lani Ritter-Hall
From the PLP Handbook—
Team leaders—

lead and motivate their school team, organize meetings, and push action research project development
serve as a facilitator and “encourager”
engage team members in regular inquiry-oriented professional learning community (PLC) meetings that help to develop teacher professional knowledge

In the PEARLS cohort in New York City
Brian Licata, from St. John’s Lutheran, a [...]

Playing Together

By Clarence Fisher
Just about every school (and office) for that matter that I’ve been in has had some sort of system for filtering the content that comes in from the internet. Now, I don’t want to debate the pros and cons of these filters (believe me, I REALLY don’t want to do that), but I [...]