The Wrong Conversations
(Cross posted at Weblogg-ed) By all accounts, it’s been a crappy week for education. To be honest, I haven’t participated in much of it, but reading the accounts from Chris and Bud and others, and some of the Tweets from Sunday’s Education Nation...Adopting New Mindsets
Cross-posted Talk of war and victims– References to being saved by Katrina– Blame, fault, dysfunction– Deep, and dark postings all around– In discussions around educating our children– So much energy expended– So much frustration...Teaching Wisely, Teaching Well
We loved hearing about one of our PLP Fellows, Karen Szymusiak, who wrote about teaching recently on Scott McLeod’s blog, dangerously irrelevant. A principal of Glacier Ridge Elementary in Dublin, Ohio, Karen is also hosting the Dublin cohort this year. She...A Day for Social Good
Social Media for Social Good. We’ve seen social media effect change in our classrooms and our students. But this is an opportunity to think about social media on a larger scale. We have the power to do more. So, PLP is joining Mashable in participating in Social...Making Connections at #140
(Cross-posted and audio here) I had the distinct pleasure to lend my voice to the #140 Character Conference in Boston today. I sat on a panel with my very good friend Patrick Larkin, and my newest friend, Kirsten Olson. Our panel discussion was entitled, Real Time...Get email updates
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