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 and work together on new ideas, participants don’t often (if ever) get the chance to meet other PLPeeps in person. This is where the idea of a mascot comes into play.
Periwinkle will provide PLPeeps and our at-large educator audience with the opportunity to virtually travel the globe to hear and see how Powerful Learning Practice is helping shift and change education. During Periwinkle’s visits, PLPeeps will take him around their schools and city (while taking pictures) so we can see all the great things the PLP teams are doing. These pictures will be uploaded to our Powerful Learning Practice Facebook page, posted to our twitter (@plpnetwork) account and given the #plpnetwork hashtag.
Periwinkle started his adventure at the FETC 2012 conference in Orlando, Florida. From there, he traveled to Virginia to visit with PLPeep Patti Grayson as she prepared for her trip to EduCon 2.4 in Philadelphia, PA. While at EduCon, Patti and Periwinkle meet up with other PLPeeps and PLP Community Leaders. Below are just a few pictures of Periwinkle’s adventures over the past two weeks. Stay tuned to our Facebook and Twitter (@plpnetwork) pages for more of Periwinkle’s adventures.
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PETE & C is Feb 13-15, will Periwinkle or the PLP team be making an appearance?
Sorry Cindy, Periwinkle is not scheduled for an appearance at PETE & C this year. We’ll keep you posted on what conference he’ll be at next on this blog! Have a good time and don’t forget to let us know what exciting things you learned and saw at PETE & C.
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