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Cathy Beach loves learning and transforming her 21st century classroom

Posted by christen on May 17, 2012 in PD, Powerful Learning Practice | 0 comments

PLP eCourses attract participants from across the globe to learn and grow with one another. Over the next few weeks, we will feature interviews with current and past PLP eCourse participants. We’ll ask participants to share information about themselves, why they chose PLP eCourses and what they are up to professionally. Cathy Beach is a past eCourse participant from Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. She is a seventh grade teacher. 1. Which PLP eCourse did you take this Winter? “Transformation, One Lesson At A Time” and...

Peter Eckstein explores 21st century learning in different types of learning environments

Posted by christen on May 11, 2012 in PD, Powerful Learning Practice | 0 comments

PLP eCourses attract participants from across the globe to learn and grow with one another. Over the next few weeks, we will feature interviews with current and past PLP eCourse participants. We’ll ask participants to share information about themselves, why they chose PLP eCourses and what they are up to professionally. Peter Eckstein is a past eCourse participant from Palm Beach Gardens, FL. He is the Director of Congregational Learning for the synagogue: Temple Beth David. He also teaches EdTech integration to teachers who...

Teaching Cross-Cultural Communication in a Connected World

Posted by Sr Geralyn Schmidt on Apr 17, 2012 in Creating Global Classrooms, Global Communities of Inquiry, Voices | 8 comments

A great many of our students today can count on communicating at a global level throughout their adult lives. It’s our responsibility as educators of 21st century learners to help them become very aware of and sensitive to the cultural and behavioral differences that are inevitable when communication can take place instantaneously from any two or more points across the planet Earth.

Ballad of a Frustrated Staff Developer

Posted by Tim Holt on Apr 11, 2012 in Making The Shift, The Compelling Need for Change, The Moral Imperative, Voices | 19 comments

Do not tell me
You do not have time.
You cannot complete the assignment
Or come to training
Or take a course
Or read a blog
Or expand your own learning
Because:

Hill Brown Expanded His PLN and Knowledge of Web 2.0 Tools

Posted by christen on Mar 22, 2012 in PD, Powerful Learning Practice | 0 comments

PLP eCourses attract participants from across the globe to learn and grow with one another. Over the next few weeks, we will feature interviews with current and past PLP eCourse participants. We’ll ask participants to share information about themselves, why they chose PLP eCourses and what they are up to professionally. Hill Brown is a past eCourse participant from Richmond, VA. He is a 7th Grade History/English Teacher at St. Christopher’s School. 1. Which PLP eCourse did you take? 21st Century-ize Your Curriculum...