by Powerful Learning Practice | Jan 20, 2012 | Canadian Community, Community News, Powerful Learning Practice
The whole Canadian community is benefiting from the discussions that have been initiated by our members. Here’s a sampling! Trading Post Alan Fletcher’s ‘Connecting Students’ discussion led to a new space called PLP Trading Post where teachers...
by Powerful Learning Practice | Jan 19, 2012 | Community News, Passion Based Learning, Powerful Learning Practice, Year 2 PBL
We wanted to share with you a snippet from this rich conversation between two of our Year 2 Passion-Based Learning (PBL) Community members as they get to know each other in the teams where they will be designing a PBL unit. Cori, Love the focus you want to put on...
by Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach | Dec 5, 2011 | Community News, Powerful Learning Practice
I’m particularly proud that our group blog Voices from the Learning Revolution, launched just nine months ago, made the shortlist for Best Group Blog. With curation and editorial support from PLP consultant John Norton, we’ve posted more than 100 essays and articles written by nearly two dozen public and independent school teachers, principals, instructional and tech coaches and central office administrators.
by Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach | Dec 2, 2011 | Australia, Community News, Powerful Learning Practice
Alan Levine, one of our favorite world travelers, and a longtime online friend of mine, made a stop at my house in Virginia Beach, Virginia, a few months ago as one of his stops on his 2011 Odyssey road trip. We had a grand time while he visited – and I invited...
by Michelle Rogerson | Nov 29, 2011 | Australia, Community News, Powerful Learning Practice
It’s a time for reflection as the Australia community had their culminating session this week. Delia Jenkins, a Maths/Science teacher at Brauer College in Warrnambool, Victoria, shares her thoughts on her learning experience with us. Here’s what she had to...
by Michelle Rogerson | Nov 27, 2011 | Australia, Community News, Powerful Learning Practice
As the Australian Community meets for their culminating session, community member Margo Edgar of Pascoe Vale Primary School shares with us her reflection on the PLP experience: I can remember attending the first F2F (face-to-face) day and being somewhat daunted by the...