Powerful Learning Practice Blog
Harbingers of what is to come
Today is the first day of Spring and Powerful Learning Practice Year 2 teams are blooming! Take a moment to explore what is growing in their schools.
Nisse won a whole year of tech-savvy professional learning!
We'd like to send out a hearty congratulations to Nisse Welchman! Nisse is the lucky winner of one All Access Pass to our Connected Learner Experience for 2012-13. Nisse is a Spanish, PE, and Social Studies international school teacher at the American International...
Norway to Lesotho: Our tech-enhanced, face-to-face, cross-cultural collaboration
Is it possible for primary and secondary students in two very different countries like Lesotho and Norway to collaborate using technology? What can we learn from each other and how would we even attempt to start such a project? Based on written applications, four high school students from Norway were chosen to accompany me to Lesotho and stay for 4 days. Our goal was to help a primary school with technology and teach the students how to use laptops to make presentations for a joint project with our school. It was an amazing experience!
TED in My Classroom
Framing a lesson is important to me. I try and do this in varied ways; sometimes I’ll share a story, sometimes I’ll use a quote related to a theme, sometimes it’s a picture, and quite often it’s a short video. Something inspiring that helps my students understand its relevance to what we are learning, something that will fire those brain neurons, something that frames our lesson. Something from TED.
Save $50 on eCourses for one week only!
Save big and transform your classroom or school Thanks for being a loyal follower of Powerful Learning Practice. We hope you enjoy this discount on our eCourses launching March 26th. Save $50 for one week only on these two powerful courses: 21st...
Meet our team: Nancy Caramanico
Powerful Learning Practice has expanded its staff and brought some fascinating new minds (and fresh ideas) to our team. We’d like to introduce our team to you, one by one, and so we’ve come up with seven questions for each of them so you can have a little peek into what they’re thinking and who they are.
Creativity and Problem Solving – A 21st Century Marriage
It makes perfect sense when you think about it. Creativity is an invaluable tool in problem solving. In a digital age where innovation is highly valued, teaching creative problem solving is essential. It seems everything I’ve been up to recently has been leading to a focus on creative problem solving. The convergence of these events has had quite an impact on my thinking and teaching.
Incorporating Technology Into a Packed Curriculum
Team Name: Northeast Nuts Team members: Karen Foley, Susan Barron and Victoria Macha School: Nixon, Barron Abstract: We want to use Glogster to incorporate technology into the district curriculum at the same time allow parents to instantly view what the students are...
Interactive Notebooks
Team Name: Techno Niners Team members: Erica Gonzalez- Clendenin, Julia Rivas-Lopez-Clendenin, Rosetta Baquera-Milam, Belia Rasor-Milam, Margaret Baeza-Moreno, Gilbert Brashear-Rusk, Rubenjamin Estrada-Rusk Abstract: Tired of 'Interactive Notebooks' being 'NOT SO...
Digital Field Trips
Team Name: Creative Expressions Team members: Guadalupe Luna, Sandy Painter, Brenda Mills, Donna Serna, Cruz Hernandez, Martha Rico, Kelly Sullivan, Jesse Armendariz School: Bonham Elementary, Cielo Vista Elementary, Hawkins Elementary, St. Puis X Abstract: Digital...