Powerful Learning Practice Blog
"Open Mic Nights" This Summer
By Will Richardson Starting in July, we're going to be sponsoring some "Open Mic" night's on Elluminate, a chance for people to just drop in and spend an hour talking about various education/tech/shift related topics. We know there are lots of opportunities for...
Update on the Teach-in
By Susan Carter Morgan If you missed the conversation last night, organized by our friends Nancy Flanagan and Anthony Cody at Facebook's Teachers' Letters to Obama and hosted on PLP's Elluminate chat, the archive is now posted. Anthony sent this letter today to...
Avon Maitland: Boys and Technology
What a powerful video. Avon Maitland, part of the Ontario PLP, shared this recently--and we want to share with you. Boys and Technology from Avon Maitland on Vimeo.
Tonight's the Night
Dont forget: tonight's the night for the Virtual Teach-in: Testing, Testing, Too Much Testing! Our friends Nancy Flanagan and Anthony Cody at Facebook's Teachers' Letters to Obama will hold this Elluminate chat using one of PLP's rooms tonight from 5:30 to 7:30...
A Solid Project Turns Into a Solid Plan
If you are interested in how schools are managing students bringing hand-held devices to class, then check out Weaver Elementary School's PLP project page. Weaver Lake Elementary, a part of the TriState cohort this year, is a STEM Magnet School in the Osseo school...
Only 20 slots left
Anthony Cody, administrator for Facebook's Teachers' Letters to Obama, has announced that there are only 20 slots left for the Elluminate Teach-in on Monday night. Be sure to sign up here, or get more information here! Here is part of his announcement: We still have...
Making the Cover
The TriState cohort has much to be proud of, and making the cover and lead story of EdTech magazine is one reason. Principal Jim Eaves and teacher Heather Reed, from East Kingston Elementary School in New Hampshire and also the TriState cohort, are featured in this...
Spring Lake – Using What They've Learned
Ten years into the 21st Century and Denise Waalen was eager to "get going." Denise, the Director of Educational Services at Spring Lake Park in Minnesota, was charged this year with figuring out what changes in learning and teaching were going to be necessary for the...
When the Culminating Event is Just the Beginning
By Tony Baldasaro Cross-posted here Yesterday, I had the pleasure of hosting our Powerful Learning Practice (PLP) Culminating Event at the Seacoast School of Technology in Exeter, NH. Nearly 50 teachers and administrators from SAU16 participated in PLP during the...
A Win-Win Partnership
Are you eager to see substantive change not only in your classroom but in classrooms everywhere ? Do national policies focused on testing, ranking, and sorting cause you to throw up your arms in frustration? As we posted last week, NBCT teachers Nancy Flanagan and...