The Projects Begin
By Susan Carter Morgan April has arrived, and that means Powerful Learning Practice cohorts are drawing to a close, preparing their final projects. Chesnut Hill Academy, part of the ADVIS cohort, has created a short video explaining their plans to focus on professional development. Their ning includes lists of resources, conferences, and a mentor list of those who might help other colleagues. One group is cleverly entitled “Patrick’s Best Conferences.” Their hope this year has been to model PLP professional development with...
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By Will Richardson To me, at least, one of the most interesting phrases used in the new National Educational Technology Plan was this: “…using technology to help build the capacity of educators by enabling a shift to a model of connected teaching.” Obviously, this implies much more than being “connected” in the we-all-have-access sense. As the plan goes on to say, it means that “teams of connected educators replace solo practitioners” and that “connection replaces isolation.” And if you...
read moreProject Based, Passion Based, Inquiry Based Learning
How do you shift from the artificial divides of “subject knowledge” and the disconnected stream of “mass instruction” to something fundamentally more human? Project-based, inquiry-focused learning leverages student passions and makes students into leaders. We’ll look at the history of this approach, at the new affordances created by contemporary technology, and at real world examples of merging student passions with school policies. Presenter: Ira Socol Date: March 29, 2010 Series: Virtual Institutes About this session This session...
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By Karl Fisch In a recent discussion in the ADVIS Cohort Ning, Will Richardson posed a question about public perception: So I’m wondering, if we believe that putting ubiquitous access into each student’s hands is the best way to teach that student to be prepared for a technology filled world, (and I realize that’s not a given for everyone) how do we best begin to make this case more compellingly to our constituents so that we have their support when we make forward thinking changes like the Calgary board did? Do we just...
read moreAnnouncing: Susan Carter Morgan- Newest Addition to PLP Family
Please join me in welcoming Susan Carter Morgan, our new Social Networking Strategist, to the PLP Team. Susan has a passion and talent for networking socially and will be heading up the development of PLP’s digital footprint. You can keep up with Susan and PLP by following us on Twitter . Be on the lookout for our new Facebook group for all PLP alumni and friends of PLP. Susan will also be responsible for our PLP Newsletter (subscribe here), will serve as PLP webmaster, and handle our media and public relations tasks. PLP is thrilled to...
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