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TEDxNYED: Here it comes again
Do you remember hearing about TEDxNYED last year? So many great speakers. I spent the evening with friends near 89th Street and couldn't stop talking about what I had heard, what I had learned. It was worth the flight up from DC that morning. And now we have the...
DO IT YOURSELF (DIY) PD
Cross-Posted Phone rings. It's Saturday, why are they calling me so early? The dogs decide it is time to get up and start my day anyway. I am up, coffee, walk outside, shiver and decide I will come up to the office and learn something. I open my email and there is a...
Yearning, thinking, shifting
Posted in the Bryan cohort's virtual learning community, this video caught the attention of many in the cohort and prompted some serious thinking. Members grappled with Wesch's message and the realities of everyday teaching in a standardized testing environment: How...
TPACK Pre-K and Mathematics
This session will look at how to use the ISTE NETS and the TPACK model to seamlessly integrate technology, pedagogy, and content together in ways that support early childhood education and mathematics. Guest Teachers: Chris Harbeck and John Holland Presenter: Sheryl...
Crowdsourcing Alternatives to Delicious
Cross-posted Twitter was abuzz with the news that Yahoo! will be shutting down Delicious, the popular social bookmarking site. Delicious has been a very valuable tool to me for several years now, and I, like others, will be sad to see it go. However, rather than dwell...
This Still Has Me Thinking
(I posted this last summer, but it still has me thinking.) The Zotero group started by Wendy Drexler is often where I look for research regarding issues that interest me. Today, I had a focused discussion with a friend on whether teachers' personalities made them...
The Red Carpet?
Ok, so our nominees won't be walking down a red carpet, but it's cool to see so many PLPeeps and staff nominated in the Edublogs Awards for their online writing and sharing. There's even a student nominee from one of our cohorts! We, like many of you, have mixed...
TPACK and Project-based Learning
This session will look at how to use the ISTE NETS and the TPACK model to seamlessly integrate technology, pedagogy, and content together in ways that support project-based learning. Guest Teachers: Heather Durnin, Susan Carter-Morgan, and Trevor Hammer Presenter:...
Things He Can't Teach
Back in 2008, I read Chris Lott's blog. He stopped writing for a while and then began again. His earlier posts have disappeared, so I can't direct you to his wise words. But luckily I copied one of my favorite posts he called, "Things I Can't Teach." He didn't mind my...
New PLP Live Event
PLP is sponsoring a new cross cohort event that will make it's archives open to the public. TPACK Fridays are a series of action packed sessions that unpack secondary and elementary lesson plans that use TPACK strategies. They will take place on Fridays from 5-6:30...