Powerful Learning Practice Blog
The Culminating Tour
By Will Richardson Sheryl and I have been on the road of late traveling to the culminating events for our PLP cohorts, seeing everyone face to face for the second and, in many cases, last time, and hearing about the very cool projects they've put together for their...
Trevor School Grids Their Learning
For Steven Schechter, Director of Information Technology at the Trevor School and part of the Ohio cohort, the journey through Powerful Learning Practice was a process of taking what the teachers at Trevor had started and moving it in a different direction. The school...
Oakridge Plans Summer Program
The ripple effect. That's what Director of Technology Jason Kern of the Oakridge School calls what happened to the Powerful Learning Practice team this year. "We had one person using tech...but now all six are involved in different ways all over campus," he said. "We...
First Bootcamp a Success, More to Come
Powerful Learning Practice held its first of many to come Web 2.0 boot camps for educational leaders in Philadelphia this past summer at the Science Leadership Academy. Tony Baldasaro was one of the 20 attendees at this intimate but intensive three-day event for...
Into and out of the forest
By Lani Ritter-Hall "PLP is getting lost in the deepest, darkest part of the forest, and then depending on each other to find our way out together." -PLP Handbook The members of the Ohio Consortium cohort entered the forest together some ten months ago with thoughts...
Parents Need To Know Too
You've asked for it. Now we've got it. A "Global Parent" cohort is being created for parents who are interested in learning more about socially networked learning spaces for themselves and for their children.Whether it's Facebook or your child's Digital Footprint and...
Six Words Go A Long Way
By Dean Shareski The El Paso cohort is a new cohort which kicked off in late February. Like every community, it takes time to build trust and relationships in order to get to the real learning. We're working on it. One thing I did early on as community leader was to...
New Initiatives, New Ways to Learn and Share
As Powerful Learning Practice grows, so do the options to participate. If you have ever wanted to be a part of learning and sharing online but have not had a team or school with which to participate, then some of these new options might work for you. The Global...
ISTE Award Winners: Dean Shareski & Karl Fisch
By: Susan Carter Morgan The building of relationships takes time, but the investment pays off in big dividends, says Dean Shareski, Digital Learning Consultant with the Prairie South Subdivision in Moose Jaw, SK, Canada and sessional lecturer for the University of...
TPACK Leadership Focus
This session will give an overview of the New National Education Technology Plan and how when combined with the NETS-T holds promise for positive 21st Century reform. Presenter: Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach Date: April 29, 2010 Series: TPACK Thursdays [button...