Powerful Learning Practice Blog
School's out.Thinking about disconnecting?
By Susan Carter Morgan I'm not going to tell you not to take a break. It's summer, and the livin' is easy--or it should be. But I suggest you slow down...rather than disconnect completely. Summer vacation is a perfect time to MAKE time to: join or explore Twitter and...
Celebrating Our Winners
By Susan Carter Morgan You won if you are Michael Twigg of Waller, Texas! Congratulations for winning a 4-session (90 seats each) Virtual Institute for your school. This is a customized PD experience around 21st Century teaching, learning and change and is a $5,000.00...
Looking for more photos
By Susan Carter Morgan Did you know we have a Flickr group for PLP? Check it out...and while you are there, why not join and upload some of your photos from the PLP booth at ISTE?
Philly Teachers Learn New Ways to Learn With Their Kids
For Nancy Caramanico, PLP Fellow for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, the excitement has come in watching teachers discover new ways to engage students in 21st Century learning, to "create representations of what they are learning." This cohort has developed a...
Higher Ed Finds Perfect Match
K-12 schools aren't the only ones to benefit from the Powerful Learning Practice model, as Scott Schwister discovered. Scott, a program administrator and adjunct faculty member at Hamline University, led his team of teachers through the PLP journey last year. The...
Passion From the Bottom Up
Sometimes a little inspiration goes a long way. Claude Sigmund from the Edina School District in Minnesota said he has always been interested in technology. But it was the PLP piece that provided the needed inspiration to take it further. "I could do the tool. I knew...
ISTE, Here We Come
We've taken care of the last few nuts and bolts, we're packing our suitcases, and we'll soon be landing in Denver, ready for ISTE. Many of you have let us know that you'll be coming by Booth 2147, where Sheryl, Will, and Robin will be hanging out. Are you ready to be...
One of Our Own at TEDxDenverEd
By Susan Carter Morgan We know we have great Community Leaders. And we love it even more when the world knows it. Brian Crosby, CL for the Bryan cohort and Experienced Voice for many others, has been chosen to present at TEDxDenverEd.Brian, an elementary teacher from...
Teachers: Let Your Voices Be Heard
By Susan Carter Morgan Anthony Cody, administrator for Teachers' Letters to Obama (along with our own PLP Community Leader Nancy Flanagan) sent out this update for members of the website. As we are partnering with that organization, we wanted to reprint some of it...
El Paso: A Mid Term Assessment
By: Dean Shareski Unlike other cohorts, the El Paso PLP group is half done their year. They began in late February and will be working until December. Summer break represents a mid year break in their PLP work. In addition, this cohort is comprised of all elementary...