by Powerful Learning Practice | Mar 29, 2010 | Open Academy Sessions, Virtual Institutes
How do you shift from the artificial divides of “subject knowledge” and the disconnected stream of “mass instruction” to something fundamentally more human? Project-based, inquiry-focused learning leverages student passions and makes students...
by Powerful Learning Practice | Mar 23, 2010 | Open Academy Sessions, Virtual Institutes
A session to show some of the alignment of social-games with social media and networking. The sessions will take a guided tour of World of Warcraft, and I will explain how the social element blends with enquiry to demonstrate how the tenants we assume are the domain...
by Powerful Learning Practice | Mar 19, 2010 | Open Academy Sessions, Virtual Institutes
In these three sessions, we will discover ways to consider integrating technology into your curriculum; analyze the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of a technology integration schema; and reflect on social media strategies and tactics that can best...
by Powerful Learning Practice | Mar 18, 2010 | Open Academy Sessions, Virtual Institutes
Post-Gutenberg technologies have changed our strategies for cognitive authority. We used to trust publishing houses and certain initials after names. Now, the world looks very different. Student research, student life skills, require a real sense of “how to make...
by Powerful Learning Practice | Mar 12, 2010 | Open Academy Sessions, Virtual Institutes
In these three sessions, we will discover ways to consider integrating technology into your curriculum; analyze the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of a technology integration schema; and reflect on social media strategies and tactics that can best...
by Powerful Learning Practice | Mar 10, 2010 | Open Academy Sessions, Virtual Institutes
A discussion on the benefits of Distance Team Teaching using an example of how Dean and Jeff work together to develop lesson sequences to teach Animal Farm. How they have used creative writing to get students to ultimately write a book and publish it online –...