Transform Your Teaching One Lesson at a Time, says Jennifer Bloomingdale

Transform Your Teaching One Lesson at a Time, says Jennifer Bloomingdale

Feeling a bit overwhelmed by all the talk about shifting your teaching to include more technology and student choice? In her new Powerful Learning Practice e-course (5 weeks, beginning Feb. 6), iGeneration educator Jennifer Bloomingdale promises to help participating teachers achieve “Transformation, One Lesson at a Time.” Jennifer graduated from the College of St. Rose in 2006 with a Bachelors in Childhood Education. In 2011 she completed her Masters in Educational Technology and became a New York State certified Educational...

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Meet our team: Larry Kahn

Meet our team: Larry Kahn

Powerful Learning Practice has expanded its staff 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 Larry Kahn, Community Leader for Powerful Learning Practice I was born in Washington, D.C. and spent most of my life living within a 60 mile radius of that city. I am now in my seventh year in Houston, TX. I have come to really...

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Fantastic kickoffs, PLPeeps!

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...

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21st Century High: The Shift Begins

21st Century High: The Shift Begins

Our netbooks pilot has set us on a path toward a 1 to 1 networked environment in our high school. In our next step, we’re expanding the group to include a Theology teacher and a Spanish teacher. Our first trial runs are teaching us something both about the challenges of 1-to-1 implementation and the powerful learning that can occur when classrooms become connected. (Includes video with student comments)

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Three eCourses are sparking off in the next few days!

Three eCourses are sparking off in the next few days!

Professional development fireworks? That’s right. We’ve got three eCourses sparking off in the next couple of days, and we want you to be a part of them. Here are three practical, affordable, online courses that are starting up the first week of July. Will you be involved in one of these game-changers? Teaching Online: Becoming a Connected Educator Learning today takes place anywhere and anytime. To meet the needs of today’s connected learner, today’s educator needs to be fluent in new media literacies. The Teaching Online:...

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