by Susan Carter Morgan | Apr 19, 2011 | Community News, Powerful Learning Practice
Serendipity. When Laura Deisley, Director of 21st Century Learning for The Lovett School in Atlanta, said the word, I knew what she meant. It’s a word I hear often from people I’ve grown to know and respect. They describe it as being open to possibilities,...
by Brian Crosby | Mar 29, 2011 | Community News, Powerful Learning Practice
Cross-posted on Brian’s blog I’ve been part of some incredible, and even complicated projects that have utilized combinations of Google Docs, Wikis, Blogs and on and on (we’re part of one now – more on that another time) and have involved...
by Powerful Learning Practice | Mar 21, 2011 | Community News, Learning, Powerful Learning Practice, Press
The Earth is in danger of extinction. An asteroid is hurtling toward us. But our student/teacher teams have a plan. They’ve been working for two months to save the world. The President of the United States has been debriefed. Now it’s your turn. You are...
by Susan Carter Morgan | Mar 18, 2011 | Community News, Powerful Learning Practice
We are known for our innovative approach to professional development. You know, the year-long, job-embedded experience built around emerging, social Web technologies. And now, there will be even more ways for us to connect with each other. Take a look below at...
by Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach | Mar 4, 2011 | Community News, PD, Powerful Learning Practice
It seems like just yesterday a new group of educators joined the Powerful Learning Practice family to begin a year-long, practice-changing journey in learning communities around the country. Those very same educators are now approaching the end of their first-year...
by Susan Carter Morgan | Mar 4, 2011 | ADVIS Community, Change, Community News, Getting to know us, Powerful Learning Practice
One by one. Most independent schools that form cohorts or teams for Powerful Learning Practice do so on their own. But the folks who run ADVIS (Association of Delaware Valley Independent Schools that also serves all of Delaware, eastern Pennsylvania, and parts of New...