by Brian Crosby | Jan 27, 2011 | Community News
This is a post Val Garton from the IU13 Powerful Learning Community in Pennsylvania, shared recently. I enjoyed it because it reminds us both that you have to jump in and get started … doing so knowing someone is there if needed helps … but also sometimes...
by Susan Carter Morgan | Jan 27, 2011 | Community News, Press
photo © 2008 Ben Smith | more info (via: Wylio)Do we even have to explain Educon? If you haven’t heard of this conference, which is really a bunch of great conversations, then you will soon– if you follow any of us on Twitter. We’ll be tweeting away...
by Powerful Learning Practice | Jan 24, 2011 | Community News
If you are part of the Powerful Learning Practice family, we’d love to see your commitment to that community by flashing your badge as part of your Web presence. Are you a part of the Powerful Learning Practice staff? A community leader, team leader, or a part...
by Powerful Learning Practice | Jan 23, 2011 | Community News, Learning
Pecha Kucha is a new global presentation phenomenon, which originated in Japan sometime during 2003. It’s a new and wonderfully creative and unconventional way to do Power Point presentations. The rules are very simple: You must use 20 slides, each shown for 20...
by Brian Crosby | Jan 22, 2011 | Community News, Learning
Four years ago, January 24, 2007, was the first day we Skyped into our classroom a classmate that couldn’t attend school because she had leukemia and the side effects from the chemo therapy she was receiving made it impossible for her to attend school. Through...
by Powerful Learning Practice | Jan 17, 2011 | Community News, Learning
Cross-posted Jason Kern After reading and thinking about what Karl Fisch is doing with hisAlgebra class as well as many others across the nation, I decided to go back into the classroom and help teach a section of Economics that I used to teach before becoming an...