by Lyn Hilt | Jan 15, 2013 | Connected Leadership, Making The Shift, Voices, What We're Reading
Like teachers, school leaders today must move beyond sit-and-get PD and take charge of their own professional growth. Elementary principal and Connected Principals contributor Lyn Hilt says Kristen Swanson’s new book, Professional Learning in the Digital Age, “provides practical, easy-to-follow steps towards becoming an effective user-generated learner.”
by Christen Dodd | Apr 27, 2012 | Powerful Learning Practice
As educators, we are preparing students to succeed in the real world. That’s why it’s imperative for students to be taught not only the ‘fun’ parts of social media, but how to be responsible. In part three of our Twitter blog series, we’ll discuss how to use Twitter in the classroom.
by Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach | Sep 18, 2011 | IU13, Powerful Learning Practice, Press
In education fall is an amazing time of year. Filled with crisp morning air, children’s laughter, increased workloads, and meetings. Here at Powerful Learning Practice it is no different and fall is when we get to visit schools and work with teachers. In some...
by Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach | Sep 14, 2011 | Change, CLC, innovation, Learning, Learning communities, Media, Mentoring & Induction, Novice teachers, passion based learning
Have you heard of the Teaching Channel? Neither had I until a talented video producer gave me a call and asked if I would be willing to serve as a pedagogical expert in a short professional development video. My task: Coach a first-year social studies teacher through...
by Powerful Learning Practice | Jun 22, 2011 | Action Research Projects
Solebury School Team Members: Cari Nelson, Steve Buteux, Erika Bonner, Diane Downs Community: ADVIS Year 1, 2010-2011 We decided to look at the use of social media in our 7th grade English class while doing a unit on the script 12 Angry Men. Throughout the unit we...