Powerful Learning Practice Blog
Why Primary Kids Tweet
When Brisbane, Australia experienced floods in 2011, Kathy Cassidy’s connected grade-one students wondered if their seven year old skyping friends were safe. They tweeted them from Canada to find out. Result: meaningful and authentic writing and reading.
Reflecting on Connected Learning with St. John's School
Diving In From St. John's School in Houston, Texas, there are six enthusiastic teachers in the Connected Learner Experience program this year. Susan Chennisi, 4th Grade Social Studies Cristi Connor, 3rd Grade Barbara DiPaolo, Upper School History Sharon Fabriz, Middle...
Pocket Tech: Adding Layers to Learning
Mobile technology can add fresh layers to just-in-time learning, as teacher Lisa Noble demonstrates in this story about an Ash Wednesday day camp, a mysterious stained glass window in her parish church, and the Bermuda Triangle!
Virtual Classroom Visits (open invitation)
Occasionally, Powerful Learning Practice likes to share great opportunities that we are doing with our Year Long Connected Learner Experience with others. We have decided to invite the public to our first of three - Virtual Classroom Visits. Patti Grayson is a 4th...
Global Learning in the Primary Grades: Kathy Cassidy talks about her upcoming book
Kathy Cassidy is a Grade One teacher for Prairie South Schools in Moose Jaw, SK, Canada. Since 2005, she's been integrating various technologies into her teaching practice to help "connect" her primary-grades students so they can become global learners. In addition to...
Show and Tell PD for Teachers
As professional educators, how can we re-awaken the desire and capacity for learning on our own? Teacher leader Susan Lucille Davis suggests we revive a much beloved learning tool from childhood: Show and Tell.
How to Learn New Tech
Many educators feel overwhelmed by new technology and may feel apprehensive when it comes to adopting it in the classroom. But I’m here to make the case that learning to use technology and employing it as part of your curriculum is actually easier than ever. Way easier.
New to Twitter Chats?
Photo credit To flip or not to flip? Sunday, February 24th, at 8p.m. EDT (NY) Click here to convert to your timezone If you are new to Twitter Chats, we look forward to your first one being with all of us and have a few tips for you: Twitter Chats are fast paced, so...
To Flip or not to Flip? Join the twitter chat!
The goal is for students to own their learning, so deep, authentic, transformation can happen in a classroom. But…does it work? If you find the idea of flipping intriguing, or maybe even frightening, then you don’t want to miss this Twitter chat!
Student-Driven Common Core Classrooms
I wasn’t sure, when I first heard about the Common Core standards, if the CCSS approach would support my inquiry-driven, communication-heavy, student-voice kind of classroom culture. But the more I’ve delved into it, the more I’ve seen that the practices and overarching standards align quite well.