by Marsha Ratzel | Jul 19, 2011 | Personal Learning Networks, Teacher Leadership 2.0, The How of 21st Century Teaching, Voices, Web Tools That Deepen Learning
Ever wish Twitter provided a more coherent narrative? This tale of science adventure is being told both to underscore the value of Personal Learning Networks and to demo the power of Storify. Storify helps you assemble disparate tweets, pictures, retweets, responses to tweets and direct messages into one place — and one storyline. Add narration and extra information to the Twitter content, and you now have a chance to tell a tale and help others understand what happened.
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 | Feb 3, 2011 | Community News, Press
Saving the world could be a powerful way to get students involved in deep thinking. And getting students’ voices heard has been a primary focus for educators involved in changing schools for quite a while now. In an initiative to model the use of inquiry- based...