Archives for 2010 | Powerful Learning Practice

Crowdsourcing Alternatives to Delicious

by Alec Couros | Dec 17, 2010 | Change

Cross-posted Twitter was abuzz with the news that Yahoo! will be shutting down Delicious, the popular social bookmarking site. Delicious has been a very valuable tool to me for several years now, and I, like others, will be sad to see it go. However, rather than dwell...

This Still Has Me Thinking

by Susan Carter Morgan | Dec 16, 2010 | Change

(I posted this last summer, but it still has me thinking.) The Zotero group started by Wendy Drexler is often where I look for research regarding issues that interest me. Today, I had a focused discussion with a friend on whether teachers’ personalities made...

The Red Carpet?

by Susan Carter Morgan | Dec 13, 2010 | Community News, Press

Ok, so our nominees won’t be walking down a red carpet, but it’s cool to see so many PLPeeps and staff nominated in the Edublogs Awards for their online writing and sharing. There’s even a student nominee from one of our cohorts! We, like many of...

TPACK and Project-based Learning

by Powerful Learning Practice | Dec 10, 2010 | Open Academy Sessions, TPACK Fridays

This session will look at how to use the ISTE NETS and the TPACK model to seamlessly integrate technology, pedagogy, and content together in ways that support project-based learning. Guest Teachers: Heather Durnin, Susan Carter-Morgan, and Trevor Hammer Presenter:...

Things He Can't Teach

by Susan Carter Morgan | Dec 8, 2010 | Change

Back in 2008, I read Chris Lott’s blog. He stopped writing for a while and then began again. His earlier posts have disappeared, so I can’t direct you to his wise words. But luckily I copied one of my favorite posts he called, “Things I Can’t...