by Ann Michaelsen | Sep 20, 2011 | Creating Global Classrooms, Personal Learning Networks, The Compelling Need for Change, Voices
Last week I received this question in email: “Do we have any model schools in Norway that could inspire ministers of education and help them promote the use of ICT in their own countries? The examples given are expected to be ‘world class’.” My answer is, regretfully, no.Although Norway has world class equipment, both hardware and software, the way we use what we have is not world class. Traditional classrooms with traditional teachers and students are the norm. But I accept the challenge to create this model in my school.
by John Norton | Aug 25, 2011 | Connected Leadership, Creating Global Classrooms, Less Teacher, More Student, Local Professional Collaboration, Making The Shift, Passion Based Learning, Personal Learning Networks, Teacher Leadership 2.0, The Compelling Need for Change, The How of 21st Century Teaching, The Teaching Life, Voices, Voices Index, Web Tools That Deepen Learning
We launched our PLP group blog Voices from the Learning Revolution just six months ago, and we’ve now shared 65 wide-ranging articles and essays about the future of learning, written by teachers, librarians, IT specialists, principals, district leaders and consultants who are allied with our Powerful Learning Practice communities. Here’s a brief guide to our most recent 36 posts, and a link to our first guide published last May.
by Patti Grayson | Aug 11, 2011 | Making The Shift, Personal Learning Networks, The Compelling Need for Change, Voices
At some point this past school year, I began to truly understand how to change my teaching. The big revelation: It’s NOT about technology. It’s about learning. If we are “integrating technology†just to bring computers (or interactive whiteboards, or cell phones) into the classroom, we’ve got it all wrong. Just using the equipment — or the web tools it allows us to access – isn’t going to lead us or our students to truly connected learning.
by Ann Michaelsen | Aug 5, 2011 | Global Communities of Inquiry, Personal Learning Networks, Voices
There is in my opinion one great difference between Norwegian/Swedish educators and those in North America: the willingness to commit time to personal development outside the normal business/school hours. I had many collaborators who were willing to sponsor teachers to come over to Philadelphia this summer, but we ended up with a group of only nine. In Scandinavia, the last day of school for teachers is the 22nd of June and by the 23rd, they’ve vanished!
by Patti Grayson | Jul 29, 2011 | Personal Learning Networks, The How of 21st Century Teaching, Voices, Web Tools That Deepen Learning
VFLR blogger Patti Grayson has gone from Twitter novice to accomplished Twitter user in a year’s time. The big jump came earlier this summer, when she plumbed the depths of hashtagging and discovered the micro-blogging tool’s secret capacity to form meaningful professional communities — 140 characters at a time.
by Marsha Ratzel | Jul 19, 2011 | Personal Learning Networks, Teacher Leadership 2.0, The How of 21st Century Teaching, Voices, Web Tools That Deepen Learning
Ever wish Twitter provided a more coherent narrative? This tale of science adventure is being told both to underscore the value of Personal Learning Networks and to demo the power of Storify. Storify helps you assemble disparate tweets, pictures, retweets, responses to tweets and direct messages into one place — and one storyline. Add narration and extra information to the Twitter content, and you now have a chance to tell a tale and help others understand what happened.