Ever Wonder What I Do for a Living?
Wonderful call with Deloitte Consulting yesterday. In addition to a few other topics, I was asked to talk about my company, Powerful Learning Practice, and what we do specifically. The interviewer said, “I’ve looked at your website but in my experience you...What is Your Ideal School?
International distance educator Smadar Goldstein has been teaching students in the U.S. and elsewhere online for more than 10 years, from her company headquarters in Israel. The connected world is finally melting down the traditional education mold, she says – so what should school be instead? She offers some of her ideas in this PLP Voices post.
Online Teacher Emergency
When an online teacher encounters eighth graders who don’t know much about online technologies, she has two choices: sneak out of the virtual room – or set about discovering what they ARE good at. Welcome to appreciative inquiry.
How I Spent My Summer Vacation — Teaching US History in Six Weeks to 10 Students Around the World
Over the summer, Voices blogger Margaret Haviland taught her first online high school course — a survey of US History in six and a half weeks! Margaret journaled about her experience at her personal blog. We found her account rich in useful detail. Any teacher about to embark on a first-time online teaching experience will likely find Margaret’s narrative helpful, so we’ve posted excerpts here.
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