Powerful Learning Practice Blog
Boot Camp Your Way
We heard you. As a school leader, your time is valuable. As much as you want to attend Powerful Learning Practice Boot Camp, it's tough to be away. Here's the answer: Boot Camp 21st Century-style. We've added a 5-week Boot Camp experience you can take by the side of...
How Teacher Librarians Can Save the World (and maybe their jobs)
As schools around the country pink-slip librarians because of budget cuts, I began my own ninja quest to better understand the shift from library-as-sacred-institution to library-on-the-chopping-block. Who are the library change agents championing alternatives to the old school library model? I turned for answers to one of my favorite voices from the literacy revolution — The Daring Librarian — self-proclaimed goofball, geek, and “EdTech teaching ninja.”
Visualizing Our Communities
We talk a lot about community in Powerful Learning Practice. Through online discussions, skype calls, and face to face interactions, we learn and grow together. Often our collaborative journey makes us feel as if we are closer than we really are. Amber Karnes, our...
This summer I won't be learning how to be a better teacher
And while school is almost over, my learning is not — because I’m connected. This summer for vacation, I don’t plan to vacate or take a course that in the end would probably leave me tired and weary. Instead, I plan to spend the summer in artful restoration, through passionate, fun, deep learning. I won’t be learning how to be a better teacher. Those days are over. In reality, it’s not what my students need.
Inspiring Connected Readers
Central York School District Team Members: Lauri Brady, Katie Hartman, Matt Miller, Kristen Wertz, Jami Zimmerman Community: IU-13 Year 1, 2010-2011 Walt Disney once said, "There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island." The question...
Connecting Schools with Distributed Learning
Chinook's Edge School Division Office Team Members: Dot Negropontas, Kory Sholdice, Margo Nygard, Barb Mulholland, and Lissa Steele Community: Canadian Year 1, 2010-2011 Currently Chinook's Edge School Division is using distributed learning to offer high school...
Embracing Connected Learning
Trinity Valley School Team Members: Gail Corder (team leader), Karen Arrington, Jane Cooper, Hester Burdman, and Jennifer Lockett Community: Dublin-Dallas Year 1, 2010-2011 Our plan is to develop and implement a grass roots initiative across the three divisions of our...
Lemonade Stand Communications
St. Hilary School Team Members: Marianne Checchia, Kimberly Shammo, Mary Ann Powell, Patricia Sermarini, and Lena Ryder Community: Archdiocese of Philadelphia Year 1, 2010-2011 The PLP Faculty decided to apply what we have learned through PLP and Action Research to...
Breaking Down Walls, Inviting In, Supporting
Cross-posted Dean began our last PLP Connected Coaches' Elluminate session with this video. It stuck with me. The joy, the wonderment, the uncertainty, the appreciation for something new, the really wanting to test something out is transparent with little ones. People...
You're Allowed
Cross-posted Reading Seth Godin is a little bit like attending a fancy, high end reception..not necessarily a full meal but lots of juicy, interesting little items to snack on. Like this one: "How long did it take after the birth of blogs or Twitter for you to begin...