From 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 moreAustralia’s ConnectU Culmination ARG Clue
For those of you playing our ConnectU Penguin vs. KangarooCulmination ARG, here is Clue 3 Clue 3: Computer software designed to help the user to perform specific tasks. Comment with your favorite smartphone example of...
read moreMeet our team: Lani Ritter Hall
It’s a brand new year at Powerful Learning Practice, and our Communities aren’t the only ones who have exciting things happening. Powerful Learning Practice has expanded its staff (and we’re still hiring!) and brought some fascinating new minds (and fresh ideas) to our team. We’d like to introduce our team to you, one by one, and so we’ve come up with seven questions for each of them so you can have a little peek into what they’re thinking and who they are. Meet Lani Ritter Hall, Team Leader for Powerful...
read moreThe Flip: Why I Love It – How I Use It
I love the flip. I do. And I realize by saying this I’m making a controversial statement. I believe if used judiciously, in the right context, the flip can free up valuable class time and provide the background knowledge that is fundamental for students to then go forward and wrestle with higher order thinking. Bottom line: it’s not always the right instructional choice, it’s only one tool in our educational repertoire. But it can be a powerful one.
read moreDo We Need Coaches or Mentors? Both?
Cross-posted Watching a recent interview with golf legend Tom Watson, David Feherty asked him what he thought about the trend in the game today for players to use coaches. He commented on how the range at a PGA tour event is full of entourages for each player that includes swing coaches, mental coaches, fitness coaches and more. Watson, now in his 60′s recalled how he is now one of the few players who doesn’t bring a coach with him to tour events. He talked about the advice he was given as a young aspiring golfer: “Go...
read moreEl Paso cohort-stirrings of greatness
It was with great excitement that I came into a leadership role in the El Paso PLP cohort. I had followed PLP’s work for years and when Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach asked me to come on board in support of El Paso educators, I jumped at the chance. I have friends in this Texas district. I visited and work in schools there and really come to feel at home with these teachers. El Paso’s Director of Instructional Services, Tim Holt, is a good friend. Tim and his colleagues understand the value of demystifying technology and making it work for...
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