21st Century Collaborative

Tim Holt ask several folks to create a 1 minute video of why its important to be a connected educator for a project he is doing.  Here is what I shared with him.

Have you heard of the Teaching Channel? Neither had I until a talented video producer gave me a call and asked if I would be willing to serve as a pedagogical expert in a short professional development video. My task: Coach a first-year social studies teacher through the process of integrating social media into her [...]

Dear Will, You know better than anyone that I am an optimist. I truly do see possibilities more than problems. Well, I woke up this morning feeling empty. I woke up grieving for children. I blame it on a dream I had. A dream about unhappy students, hundreds of them, shuffling through halls with broken [...]

Dear Staff, I have been thinking of you today. Thinking about your various roles within Powerful Learning Practice. Thinking about how I can help you (us) be more passionate about what you (we) do and how I can provide vision, hope, trust and inspiration as the leader of our company. This is “our” company you [...]

Qualities, Attributes and Characteristics of an Online Community Leader Once you decide that an online community will be of value in helping to accomplish your project or company goals the first task to accomplish is to hire a fantastic community leader. This will be the most important decision you make for the community. The success [...]

Phone rings. It’s Saturday, why are they calling me so early? The dogs decide it is time to get up and start my day anyway. I am up, coffee, walk outside, shiver and decide I will come up to the office and learn something. I open my email and there is a message from Seth [...]

WARNING: This is going to be a vent. One you might need to hear– but a vent all the same- so if you do not want to have your mood spoiled, don’t read. Photo Credit I tend to get more reflective this time of year. I also tend to push others to reflect more in [...]

This is the second post in a series on community building. The following is a “laundry list” of recommendations Community Developers should consider in the creation of their social community. Adopt a paradigm that views the community construction process as one of co-design that compliments and enhances your organization’s mission and values. As you make [...]

Laura Varlas wrote an interesting piece in ASCD “Caught in the Middle” July 2010 | Volume 52 | Number 7 Called- Looking Within: Teachers Leading Their Own Learning She had me at her opening line, “The most powerful and ample resource for change in education is teachers’ own expertise. Yet, teachers are regularly overstepped when [...]