Our learning revolution is 100 voices strong!
Our Powerful Learning Practice group blog — Voices from the Learning Revolution — has just published its 100th post! And every one of them was written by a PLP community member! Voices from the Learning Revolution launched last March, with an introduction by PLP co-founder Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach: We’ve titled this group blog “Voices from the Learning Revolution” not because our bloggers are necessarily revolutionary leaders — but because they are leaving behind outdated practices and mindsets and shifting toward the kind...
read moreThe Value of Experienced Voices
By: Dean Shareski One of the great ideas of PLP is the use of experienced voices. These are people who have established a clear online presence and have spent considerable time connecting and sharing in much the same ways as the we hope the participants of PLP will aspire to. In the Ontario-Lower Hudson cohort Ira Socol, Scott Floyd, Tom Barrett and Susan Carter-Morgan all led groups around their areas of passion and expertise. In each case, quality discussions blossomed. One example came in Ira’s group which centered around the concepts...
read moreWhat’s Your Story?
By Dean Shareski One of my favourite lines from the Cisco video “The Human Network” is Welcome to world where people subscribe to people, not magazines. There so much about the sentence that rings true everyday for me. The ability we have to connect with each other, not simply as learners but as humans is what is so completely revolutionary that is changing the world. As we connect and share, learning often takes care of itself. The New Jersey PLP network has been talking about the personal side of learning in a discussion called...
read moreAs Confidence Builds
by Robin Ellis One of the challenges of my position in the district where I work has been how to “teach” others about social networking, how do you convey the benefits of virtual personal learning communities / networks, in a 3 hour workshop? How do you cover all the options, explore all the tools available to assist in creating those communities, and also build a comfort level for those interested, but who most likely have never been involved in something like this? As I reflect on my participation in PLP over the past several months and...
read moreExpert Voices
By Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach I am happily paddling, running in and out with the discussion waves, splashing a bit in the groups, occasionally sticking my head under and blowing a few small blogging bubbles. Feeling I can’t yet go too long with out taking a breath to edit and definitely still need my Google goggles, although am learning to keep my eyes open for new ideas and applications. I’m still, perhaps irrationally, scared of sharks and so sticking close to the shore. Perfectly happy to watch and learn from those who can swim competently....
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