A PLPeep’s reflection from the Australia community
As the Australian Community meets for their culminating session, community member Margo Edgar of Pascoe Vale Primary School shares with us her reflection on the PLP experience: I can remember attending the first F2F (face-to-face) day and being somewhat daunted by the faces in the crowd. Educators I had admired from afar through my slowly developing Personal Learning Network (PLN). The fact that my reason for taking on the challenge of PLP was because I wanted to ‘go global’, only added to my fear. These were educators that had...
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And from Parish Episcopal, the Youtube teaser for their culminating session! Follow the link to the PBL site, too. Dum duh duh duh….well, listen and you’ll get...
read moreArchdiocese of Philadelphia Cohort wraps things up
By Mary Worrell The teams from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia cohort gathered to celebrate at a culminating event last month and share their projects. Nancy Caramanico, director of technology for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia Catholic Schools, said having full participation from all of the district’s high schools enhanced the experience for all the teams involved. “We have 20 high schools in our system and I was looking for something that would be able to impact the schools,” she said. The district formed their own cohort...
read moreIllinois-Ohio Cohort celebrates at culminating event
By Mary Worrell Earlier this month teams from the Illinois-Ohio Cohort gathered at the Marie Murphy School is Wilmette, Ill. to celebrate the end of their year-long PLP experience with a project showcase. Gail Soriano from the Avoca School District 37 said the PLP experience gave her team a chance to get to know others in the district. The Avoca district hosted two PLP teams. “It was amazing. The thing I enjoyed the most was working with people in my district from both schools,” Soriano said. “A lot of times we don’t...
read moreU.S. International Cohort teams reflect on the past year
By Mary Worrell Members of the PLP International Cohort’s U.S. teams celebrated the end to their year-long experience together with a culminating event in Fredericksburg, VA earlier this month. Even though it was the U.S. teams celebrating and presenting their projects, teams from Australia and New Zealand attended the event via the PLPLive Ustream channel. It was 11 p.m. for the Australians and 2 a.m. for the New Zealanders, but they were still on hand to support their fellow U.S. teams. (The Aussie teams will have their learning...
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