2010 May | Powerful Learning Practice

Round Two?

Posted by Susan Carter Morgan on May 26, 2010 in Community News | 1 comment

The conversation between U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and PLP cohort leader Nancy Flanagan and others–happened. Not everyone was happy with the outcome, but members of the Facebook page are hoping for another chance. Nancy, who was not able to speak because of time constraints, outlined her “assigned topic” here, in a cleverly titled piece called, “Speed-dating with the Secretary of Education.” “I’m not sure whether the Secretary “heard” what we said (the few of us who got to talk). But he heard the...

Tea, Anyone? News from Springside Advis

Posted by Powerful Learning Practice on May 24, 2010 in News | 0 comments

The teachers at Springside School in the Advis Cohort, were already comfortable and familiar with using technology before the Powerful Learning Practice came to work with them. So for many, the PLP journey was more of a chance to confirm beliefs and articulate their thoughts about the value of social networking with students. “I wasn’t convinced with social networking as a tool for teaching,” said Ellen Fishman-Johnson, one of the team’s members. “But our group started thinking in terms of tools to create something really...

From the Teacher Leaders Network: Our New NBCT Cohort

Posted by Susan Carter Morgan on May 23, 2010 in PD | 1 comment

By Nancy Flanagan Most TLNers (Teacher Leaders Network) are well aware of the cutting-edge work that Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach and Will Richardson do in connecting teachers to 21st Century Learning–that is, the shift in ideas about learning, not the application of tech tools to old tasks. Powerful Learning Practice– professional development for the 21st century– will be launching a “NBCT Global Cohort” for the fall, and I am excited to be leading this work, along with other members of the PLP team. The National...

A Powerful Visual

Posted by Susan Carter Morgan on May 19, 2010 in Ohio Consortium | 0 comments

Trisha Underwood, from the Nagel Middle School Team of the Forest Hills School District, uploaded this great video we want to share. Well done, Ohio...

Putting the Pieces Together

Posted by Susan Carter Morgan on May 18, 2010 in Getting to know us, News | 0 comments

PLP journeys come in all flavors and sizes. Cary Harrod from the Ohio Consortium discovered year two to be the time she could put all the pieces together. “Year One has so much new,” she said. “In the second year, I’ve been immersed as a learner again. One of the more rewarding pieces of my educational career has been to put myself back into the place we ask our kids to be.” Her PLP journey has changed her as a person, she said. “I see everything as a puzzle. This year was different because I was much more reflective and...