How to get the most out of participating in a Twitter chat
We’re very excited about our very first twitter #plpnetwork chat coming up Sunday, March 4 at 7:00pm Eastern! We hope you will join us for a discussion on the Benefits of Engaging in Online Communities and a chance to win loads of great prizes! Maybe you are new to Twitter chatting, or you just haven’t done it too often. We want you to get the most out of our PLP chats, so we have some great tips for you from PLPeep Stephanie Bader (@stephpbader), who recently participated in her first Twitter chat and had a great experience: I...
read morePeriwinkle Begins the Adventure of a Lifetime
Periwinkle is the official mascot of Powerful Learning Practice (PLP). Powerful Learning Practice offers a long-term, job-embedded professional development program that provides a unique opportunity for educators to work together collaboratively to understand 21st Century learning environments. So why does PLP need a mascot? PLPeeps (educators and administrators who participate in our year long professional development plan) collaborate and connect with educators from across the world. Although they discuss their action research plans...
read moreMeet 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...
read moreFantastic 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 moreComing Up: What’s on the Horizon?
We are known for our innovative approach to professional development. You know, the year-long, job-embedded experience built around emerging, social Web technologies. And now, there will be even more ways for us to connect with each other. Take a look below at What’s New for the 2011-2012 communities! Connected Coaches: After much thought and reflection in creating the Connected Coaching philosophy, we are hard at work equipping 2011-2012 coaches as appreciative capacity builders. The goal is to have coaches work with our...
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