by Susan Carter Morgan | Jan 6, 2011 | Getting to know us
Changing a classroom to reflect new ways to learn and grow is one thing. And changing a district can be even more challenging. But if the energy and initiatives are based on sound practice, amazing things can happen, says Margo Nygard, the Curriculum and Instruction...
by Susan Carter Morgan | Oct 12, 2010 | Change, Getting to know us, Independent Schools Community, International Community
Getting Past No Fighting the naysayers, folks who want to ‘do school’ the way we’ve always done it, gets tiring. But sometimes being told “no” is all it takes to get us on the right track. For Jenny Luca, Head of Information Services at...
by Susan Carter Morgan | Sep 13, 2010 | Change, Getting to know us
PLP–Too Important to Miss Some schools debate whether middle school students are ready to blog. But when second-graders tackle blogging handily, it blows that argument away. That’s what happened at The Philadelphia School when teachers began putting into...
by Susan Carter Morgan | Sep 13, 2010 | Community News, Getting to know us
Learning Globally The PLP take-away varies from teacher to teacher. For Millie Guzman it was personal. Millie, a Spanish teacher from Bronxville School, participated in the Ontario cohort last year. Her team of “six chicks” worked together to create a...
by Susan Carter Morgan | Sep 12, 2010 | Community News, Getting to know us
We love when our PLPers win awards and are celebrated for their work. The Center for Digital Education and Converge Online have just announced Brian Licata, who was in the PEARLS cohort last year, as winner in the K-12 Education Digital Application/Project category....
by Susan Carter Morgan | Aug 6, 2010 | Change, DublinDallas Community, Getting to know us
By Susan Carter Morgan We’ve written about this team before. And now THE Journal has, too! PLPeep Cary Harrod, Instructional Technology specialist for the Forest Hills District in Cincinnati, was featured in a recent article in the magazine. Their BYOL (Bring...