Written by a team of 27 students at Norway’s Sandvika High School (Oslo, Norway), Connected Learners is a 220-page compendium of stories, advice and how-to articles designed to help high school teachers and their students around the globe shift from classrooms that are isolated and teacher-centered to digitally rich environments where learning is student-driven and constantly connected to the global internet.

Our May 16th webinar with PL Press author Kathy Cassidy was a sellout! Thanks to all the educators in the diverse international audience for the great questions and lively chat stream as Kathy talked about her blogging and digital portfolio strategies with primary-aged students. The 100 available seats in Blackboard Collaborate were quickly filled (and refilled each time someone dropped off or had to leave early). In the audience were teachers...

Hundreds of educators have purchased Kathy Cassidy’s new interactive book Connected from the Start since its release April 10th. A dozen of those readers have posted 5-star reviews at our book site. We are so excited that the book has been met with such enthusiasm! To keep that momentum going, and to celebrate the Kathy’s book, we are hosting a free webinar and virtual Book Launch Party on Thursday, May 16th  at 7pm EDT. Join...

We here at Powerful Learning Practice and Powerful Learning Press are excited and proud to announce the launch of a brand new digital book: Connected from the Start: Global Learning in the Primary Grades. In this 120-page eBook, primary teacher Kathy Cassidy makes a compelling case for connecting our youngest students to the world, using the transformative power of Internet tools and technologies. This book includes: Dozens of color photos 10...

Kathy Cassidy is a Grade One teacher for Prairie South Schools in Moose Jaw, SK, Canada. Since 2005, she’s been integrating various technologies into her teaching practice to help “connect” her primary-grades students so they can become global learners. In addition to her widely followed classroom blog, she writes about her professional work at Primary Preoccupation and for the Voices from the Learning Revolution group...

Our first Powerful Learning Press book party was some serious fun, showcasing examples of the great writing going on at our Voices from the Learning Revolution blog. Five teachers who contributed to our first essay collection — The Connected Teacher: Powering Up (download a free copy here) — read brief excerpts, talked a bit about their selected text, and then engaged in some excellent conversation with the audience, both over the mic and...