Peter Skillen shares why he’s excited to attend #PLPLive12 and hear John Seely Brown (opening keynote speaker)

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.”

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.”

Stories are what make the world interesting. In this session, Alan Levine (also known as cogdog around the web), introduced participants in the El Paso Digital Storytelling Community to 50+ Web 2.0 ways to tell a story. Watch the archive and learn from Alan and the El Paso educators, then make sure you visit the 50+ Ways wiki for an incredible index of tools and ideas. Presenter: Alan Levine Date: May 25, 2011 Series: Virtual Institutes About...

In this session, learn the many ways social technologies can enhance critical thinking, problem solving, and build community in the math and science classroom. Presenter: Darren Kuropatwa Date: March 22, 2011 Series: Virtual Institutes About this session This session is sponsored by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, and brought to you by Nancy Caramanico. Follow her on Twitter. View this...

One of the exciting recent initiatives from Powerful Learning Practice has been our Virtual Institutes. Ranging from digital citizenship to assessment practices, the institutes have meant teachers are no longer limited by time or day for innovative, practical professional development. Our Virtual Institutes are a customized, economical way for school districts to provide ongoing, professional development covering both big picture discussions and...