Powerful Learning Practice Blog

PLP Live: Could This Be Your First Day of Transformation?

Interview with Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach: “I think this conference is going to be incredible. This is not marketing talk — this is my passionate belief: If you are a teacher or school leader who is feeling more and more restless about shifting your professional practice to serve the urgent, unmet needs of iGeneration students, this could be the day your transformation begins.”

PLP Live: Powerful Female Voices

Interview with Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach: “Our group of women keynoters at PLP Live are going to bring a powerful, feminine-values message about what it means to be a connected educator today and what our students need to grow up whole and creative and wise and awesome.”

Tell us: What "makes" a connected educator?

Connected Educator Month is coming to an end, and we want to know how you, your views, and your thoughts on connected learning have changed and grown this month. Now that you've spent almost a month becoming a connected learner and a connected educator, you may have...

VFLR Celebrates Connected Educator Month (Wk 5)

During Connected Educators Month we’re sharing frontline stories about what it means to be a connected teacher and leader, in the classroom and the school. Each Wednesday we’re featuring several articles by Voices from the Learning Revolution bloggers — posts that capture the spirit and immense value of connected professional learning.

FINAL WEEK: When you change your teaching, expect some failure. Will passion based learning work in primary? Teach by getting out of the way. And a final extravaganza: our 13 most popular posts of 2011!

PLP CEO and cofounder helps lead Connected Educator Month

Powerful Learning Practice’s CEO and cofounder, Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach, leads the charge for numerous Connected Educator Month activities and speaks on panel with Karen Cator (Director of the Office of Educational Technology at the U.S. Department of Education)

The Connected Educator Goes Back to School

For Kathy Cassidy, going back to school means “I set up my classroom, I think about how I will meet the needs of the students I will have, and I plan new ways I will meet my curriculum outcomes.” She’s done these things her entire teaching career, of course. “But because I am now a connected educator, I no longer do them alone. I do them with an entire network of educators online.”

If you can only go to one conference this year, make it PLP Live

One day. 9 keynotes. Educators from across the globe. Inspiration. Collaboration. Shift. Imagine this A full day, jam-packed with inspirational keynotes from some of the top educational thought leaders and game-changers The chance to creatively collaborate with...

VFLR Celebrates Connected Educator Month (Wk 4)

During Connected Educators Month we’re sharing frontline stories about what it means to be a connected teacher and leader, in the classroom and the school. Each Wednesday we’re featuring several articles by Voices from the Learning Revolution bloggers — posts that capture the spirit and immense value of connected professional learning.

THIS WEEK: A veteran educator is “knocked out of my orbit’; a faculty comes alive when they create their own school-based virtual community; small strategic steps can help teachers shift their practice; global classroom tips.