Periwinkle Begins the Adventure of a Lifetime
Periwinkle is the official mascot of Powerful Learning Practice (PLP). Powerful Learning Practice offers a long-term, job-embedded professional development program that provides a unique opportunity for educators to work together collaboratively to understand 21st Century learning environments. So why does PLP need a mascot? PLPeeps (educators and administrators who participate in our year long professional development plan) collaborate and connect with educators from across the world. Although they discuss their action research plans...
read moreLead at the Edge: Will & Sheryl talk about their 21st century leadership e-course
If you’re a superintendent, a principal, or an educator in another key leadership role, you know that your students are using the Web, mobile technologies, and other tools to connect and create social networks. But do you also recognize their transformative potential for learning? In their five-week Leading Edge Boot Camp e-course, PLP co-founders Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach and Will Richardson help education leaders not only understand how 21st Century technologies are challenging curriculum and pedagogy but how savvy leaders can use them...
read moreSheryl Nussbaum-Beach: Learn to teach online and become a more connected & creative educator!
Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach is co-founder and CEO of Powerful Learning Practice LLC. In more than a decade as an online educator, Sheryl has led over 2000 webinars and e-course sessions involving more than 10,000 adult learners. A former teacher of the year in the Virginia Beach VA public schools, Sheryl has also been a school and district technology coach, an independent school principal, and a university instructor. She is co-author of a new book. The Connected Educator: Learning and Leading in the Digital Age (Solution Tree, 2012). In this...
read moreFrom the Road at FETC 2012
FETC 2012 has officially begun and PLP is very excited to be in Orlando for this year’s conference. Throughout the conference (January 23-26) this blog will be updated with new information and pictures. Be sure to check back often for updates and additional chances to win prizes! January 24th (8:35pm) Our night started with a bang, literally! With less than ten minutes prior to the opening of FETC our booth came crashing down on Sheryl and I (due to no fault of our PLP staff). Although we were not excited at the idea of...
read moreGraduate Credit Available For Instructor-Led PLP eCourses
Powerful Learning Practice (PLP) is pleased to announce that we have partnered with North Dakota State University (NDSU). Educators may now take any of our instructor-led PLP eCourses for graduate credit. Please read the information below for details on how to receive this credit. How do I register for the graduate credit? Register with PLP for your eCourse Once your course begins, register and submit payment to NDSU (for the graduate credit). A direct link for the graduate credit will be provided inside your PLP eCourse. How many...
read moreTransform Your Teaching One Lesson at a Time, says Jennifer Bloomingdale
Feeling a bit overwhelmed by all the talk about shifting your teaching to include more technology and student choice? In her new Powerful Learning Practice e-course (5 weeks, beginning Feb. 6), iGeneration educator Jennifer Bloomingdale promises to help participating teachers achieve “Transformation, One Lesson at a Time.” Jennifer graduated from the College of St. Rose in 2006 with a Bachelors in Childhood Education. In 2011 she completed her Masters in Educational Technology and became a New York State certified Educational...
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