Winding down–
In our walled garden PLP virtual learning community– Scanning through the “latest activity” when this caught my attention– Amy Musone, a year 1 team leader in the IU 13 community from the Central York District, PA, encouraged her team members to reflect with her as they wind down this year of Powerful Learning Practice professional learning. The team had been immersed in an action research project, examining how their teaching would be transformed as they engaged in PBL in order to promote 21st century learning. Our...
read moreA PLPeep’s reflection from the Australia community
It’s a time for reflection as the Australia community had their culminating session this week. Delia Jenkins, a Maths/Science teacher at Brauer College in Warrnambool, Victoria, shares her thoughts on her learning experience with us. Here’s what she had to say: In the beginning. A colleague and I arrived at the first F2F (face-to-face) day after a very early rise and 3.5 hour drive. I had been asked if I would like to go to the PLP professional development and was told it would be a great opportunity to further my IT skills....
read moreA 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...
read moreGoing the distance
More than 3 months into the messy learning of PLP– Chris Harbeck, experienced voice, introducing AudioBoo– And Archdiocese community members reflecting– Marie Orzechowski Listen! Alissa DeVito Listen! Experimenting– Reflecting on where we’ve been– Using what’s been learned and sharing– Marian O’Brien “PLP has clearly opened my eyes as to what I don’t know. It’s also made me realize that I need to not only know but somehow I need to go the distance and figure out how to USE...
read moreLooking in the Mirror
photo © 2010 Vinoth Chandar | more info (via: Wylio) At the end of each year, I try to look back and see where I’ve been and where I’m going. This week, using a trial version of Scrivener (which I’m about to upgrade), I’m compiling previous blog posts to get a sense of what I was thinking. (Thanks to Traci Gardner for the idea.) Because of my blogging, I’m able to see events that had an impact on my thinking, and I am hoping to recognize patterns and gain insights. I found this post on reflective teaching from...
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