What About the Joy?

Powerful Learning Practice Community Leader Dean Shareski seems to be keeping my middle-of-the-night hours lately….but he was inspired by his recent birthday video for Alex Couros and this to write this post. (I vote #2, Dean.) Share...

Not Waiting for You

No one seems to like the term 21st century learner, but finding a substitute is tricky. And what about differentiation? Student-centered? What do they really mean? We dislike labeling but find the need to describe actions and people to a wider audience, even with the...

Creating Schools of the Future

Talk about Action Research. Mark Carbone, Chief Information Officer of Information Technology Services for the Waterloo Region Schools in Ontario, is taking that seriously. After much discussion with representatives from a local group of business folks, the School...

One Drop-Second in a Series

Cross-posted on Lani Ritter Hall’s blog One drop, then another We can become an ocean Changing learning Second drop (first drop) Give students choice From Mr. Chase, a narrative on learning that ended: The progress came when I remembered what I believe to be...

Coming to a Theater Near You

Well, not really a theater. But PLP is proud to announce our Pecha Kucha Smackdown! Thanks to the overwhelming success of Powerful Learning Practice’s Pecha Kucha Night, we’ve decided to make this a regular event, open to the public, and pit Learning...