Open Letter to the PLP Staff
Cross posted at http://21stcenturycollaborative.com Dear Staff, I have been thinking of you today. Thinking about your various roles within Powerful Learning Practice. Thinking about how I can help you (us) be more passionate about what you (we) do and how I can provide vision, hope, trust and inspiration as the leader of our company. This is “our” company you know. This work “we” do– using community and networks as a way of enabling educators to share, inquire, build and innovate change. The kind of change that...
read moreTEDxNYED: Here it comes again
Do you remember hearing about TEDxNYED last year? So many great speakers. I spent the evening with friends near 89th Street and couldn’t stop talking about what I had heard, what I had learned. It was worth the flight up from DC that morning. And now we have the opportunity again. To be inspired. To engage with others who have a passion for what they do. Plus, and this is BIG: Will Richardson and Brian Crosby, two of PLP’s own, are speaking! Here are the details so you can make...
read moreDO IT YOURSELF (DIY) PD
Cross-Posted Phone rings. It’s Saturday, why are they calling me so early? The dogs decide it is time to get up and start my day anyway. I am up, coffee, walk outside, shiver and decide I will come up to the office and learn something. I open my email and there is a message from Seth Godin. It reads… [You're getting this note because you subscribed to Seth Godin's blog.] What are you working on? If someone asks you that, are you excited to tell them the answer? I hope so. If not, you’re wasting away. No matter what your job is, no matter...
read moreCheck Your List
(Cross-Posted) This is the second post in a series on community building. The following is a “laundry list” of recommendations Community Developers should consider in the creation of their social community. Adopt a paradigm that views the community construction process as one of co-design that compliments and enhances your organization’s mission and values. As you make decisions about the openness of your community, the empowerment of roles, and the creation of categories, artifacts, and discussion topics make sure you do so with the...
read moreAre you ready to go global?
By Nancy Flanagan Did you ever let yourself dream about what schools would be like if all teachers were familiar with high and rigorous standards for professional teaching–or spent time every week gathering consistent and convincing evidence of student learning in their classrooms? What if all teachers developed the habit of daily reflection about their practice– and kept collaboration and continuous personal learning on the front burners? How can you inspire Powerful Learning Practice is now forming its first National Board...
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