Powerful Learning Practice Blog

Our Top 13 Voices Posts for 2012!

A “Connected Educators Month” in the United States — the rapid rise of Twitter PD — the coming of age of the Personal Learning Network. No question: It’s been an historic year for connected professionals, including PLP’s extended family of teacher and school leaders. Here’s just one example: the Top 13 Most-Read Posts by our Voices from the Learning Revolution group bloggers for the year just past. Each article listed here scored more than 4,000 pageviews during 2012. Now’s a great time to read (or re-read) them, as you resolve to connect and make a difference in 2013!

Project-Based Learning Immersion: Designing Quality Projects

This course is the 2nd part of our fantastic three-part series on Project-Based Learning—but if you missed part one, don’t worry, this is still the class for you. In this Q&A video Sheryl tells us all about Project-Based Learning Immersion: Designing Quality Projects: what’s involved, how to get started, and what it has to do with Nemo the fish. Watch the video, check out the PBL info page, and sign up quick! This course begins January 14th 2013, so save yourself a spot in the front row and get ready to dive into passion based learning.

Teaching Online: Becoming a Connected Educator eCourse

You do not want to miss this eCourse. A new session of Teaching Online: Becoming a Connected Educator will begin January 14th, 2013—sign up now so you can check-off that new year’s resolution and become an bona fide connected educator! Watch this interview with Sheryl, course instructor and PLP Network co-founder, to learn why being a connected educator today is more vital than ever. Visit the course page to read more and reserve your seat

Why you should join us for PLP Lite in 2013

Our wildly popular eCourse, Powerful Learning Practice Lite, is now open for enrollment. The new session is starting soon —January 14th, 2013. Sheryl, the instructor, sat down to tell us a little about this course and why you should step away from the leftover turkey for sec and reserve you spot in this 12-week program for connected learning! Watch the video, then head over to the course page to read even more and get yourself signed up. Hurry! This course will fill up fast.

The 8 Aspects of Teacher Learning

The way teachers teach their students has, I believe, a direct correlation to the way in which they learn themselves. We have all read in the latest teaching journals that teachers of today have to be devoted to lifelong learning. But what does that mean, really? What elements affect teacher learning and then in turn affect how that teacher teaches?

Connected Coaching: Q&A with class participant Harry Niezen

A new session of Connected Coaching with Lani Ritter Hall begins this January, and former eCourse participant Harry Niezen was kind enough to answer a few questions about his experience completing this course. Harry is an Instructional Technology Consultant for grades 9-12 from Kitchener, Ontario Canada.

How to Gain Parent Buy-In for Classroom Technology Integration

Every teacher who has attempted to integrate technology into the classroom knows that getting parents on board can sometimes be a challenge. Your efforts to engage students and develop digital skills can become the scapegoat explanation for problems that have nothing to do with tech. So how do educators get these parents into our corner? Here are some strategies I’ve used successfully to gain parent buy-in.

My Teaching Evolution: Assessment

Physics teacher Dolores Gende is shifting her teaching to a student-driven learning model by selecting some areas of focus each year. This year it’s assessment. “I see assessment as an ongoing process that informs me and my students and gauges the progression of learning. I partner with my students, and they appreciate not being constrained by fixed deadlines and dead-end quiz scores. They prefer the ample opportunities we create to demonstrate they can accomplish all of our Learning Objectives.”

Connected Coaching: Lani Ritter Hall talks about her upcoming eCourse

The new year is almost upon us and there are several fantastic Powerful Learning Practice eCourses begining soon— perfect for those of you gearing up to start 2013 with a bang. Connected Coaching with Lani Ritter Hall will begin in a few weeks. In this interview, Lani explains what Connected Coaching means to her, who should take this course, and what the participants can expect.