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TPACK Social Studies

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 social studies instruction. Guest Teachers: Cathy Evanoff, Lisa Duke, and Debbie Stephens Presenter: Sheryl...

Student Activism and Inquiry Learning

Middle School Students need to begin to be activists. They need to start to think more about their community and the world than just themselves. Imagine if you will Middle School students making a difference. Being activists and thinking about subjects other than...

ePortfolios

How to create and maintain electronic portfolios with your students. The lessons I have learned from doing eportfolios for 4 years will be shared. The session will hilight the best tools to showcase work and show student progress. Presenter: Chris Harbeck Date: April...

Contagious Enthusiasm

One of the many great things about being involved in a PLP virtual learning community is the ability to feed off the enthusiasm of others. Sometimes it's just a small thing that spurs an idea, other times it's a major transformation, but in either case it's still...

TPACK Mathematics

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 mathematics instruction. Guest Teachers: Chris Harbeck & Kathy Cassidy Presenter: Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach...

TPACK Science

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 science instruction. Guest Teachers: Dolores Gende & Glen Westbroek Presenter: Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach...

Educator as Change Agent

By: Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach- (repost from the PLP Year 2 Community) A change agent, or agent of change, is someone who intentionally or indirectly causes or accelerates social, cultural, or behavioral change. As the time to end another year with PLP comes to a close I...

Strategies with Moodle

Create a blended approach to your professional development. Using blogs, wikis, nings and moodle to differentiate your professional development program. Presenter: Carolyn Kick Date: April 6, 2010 Series: Virtual Institutes About this session This session is sponsored...

Bringing it All Together

By Clarence Fisher The Archdiocese of Philadelphia PLP cohort finishes up on April 23rd with our culminating celebration. This means that this time of year is crunch time. Teams are finalizing their planning and pulling together their plans for their project. This is...

Previews from TriState

The teams from the TriState cohort have been busy planning their culminating projects to share at the end of the year celebration. Here are several previews of projects, we are excited to see their finished products at the culminations! Weaver Lake Elementary The Team...