Fantastic kickoffs, PLPeeps!
PLP leaders Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach and Will Richardson couldn’t be more excited after rolling out eight successful face-to-face kickoff events for PLP Communities and launching our first PLP Virtual Academy. One thing’s for sure: We’ve brought together an energized group of educators ready to empower themselves and their students as connected 21st century learners. Read on! ADVIS/AIMS Community The ADVIS PLP Kickoff event took place September 20 at The Lawrenceville School in Lawrenceville, N.J., and The AIMS PLP Kickoff event...
read moreShifting minds, not skills
School: Media Providence Friends School Team Members: Erica Baechtold, Roger Sternfeld, Daryl Ballough, Betty Peditto, Laura Taylor Community: ADVIS Year 1, 2010-2011 Our Action Research Project is based on a mind shift. We are shifting a mind set, not shifting a skill bank. Our hope is to help faculty bridge the gap between ourselves and technology, while acknowledging fears and finding ways to have technology be a part of our daily lives. We hope to foster a shift in thinking through the power of play and...
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The Perkiomen School Team Members: Paige Longstreth, Kate Hammond, Pete Dougherty, Ben Fidler, Catie Gibbons, Jacob Hauser, Michael Romasco Community: ADVIS Year 1, 2010-2011 Our project is focused on professional development. We will create a community Ning to support the integration of technology and Web 2.0 tools to educate our 21st Century learners. The Community Ning will be supplemented by summer and school year workshops on targeted tools as well proper usage of them. The goals are to increase faculty comfort with and use of technology...
read moreShowing the value of community
Independence School Team Members: Sheila Fredericks, Sue Donaghy, Christy Koense, Elaine Maggioli, Bree Tease, Chrissy Weir Community: ADVIS Year 1, 2010-2011 In this action research project, we want our faculty and staff to understand the importance of developing a Personal Learning Network (PLN) as a professional development tool. It will center around the development and use of The Independence School NING. The NING will be used as an inter-school communication tool within departments, subject areas, and grade levels. Additionally, it can...
read moreHajj Travel Service Project
Germantown Friends School Team Members: Community: ADVIS Year 2, 2010-2011 Grade: 5th Rationale Unit Goals Evaluation Curriculum Objectives Introduction Culminating Project-Based Learning initiatives create an atmosphere in which students engage directly with material in a way that feels authentic because they are being asked to solve a problem rather than discover a singular answer. Students realize that they receive meaning from a...
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