Finding your most heroic self: Leaving a legacy

Posted on February 27, 2011 by in Change, Community of Practice, Edublogger, Gender Diversity, innovation, john dewey, Leadership, Learning, Learning communities, Professional Development, service learning, Teacher Leadership

Have you ever woke up and had something burning inside you that you know you are supposed to write or develop and yet you just do not have your mind around it yet? That’s me this morning. So I am being faithful to the urgency and seeing where my fingers are going to take me. [...]

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Letter to the PLP Staff (Community Building 101 Series)

Posted on January 24, 2011 by in Change, CLC, Creativity & Innovation, innovation, Leadership, Learning, Learning communities, passion based learning, Personal, Professional Development, service learning, Social networking, Teacher Leadership

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 [...]

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21st Century Workforce Readiness

Posted on February 8, 2009 by in 21st Century Teaching, Change, Community of Practice, Creativity & Innovation, Curriculum, High needs schools, innovation, Internet Safety, Leadership, Learning communities, Mentoring & Induction, Netgeners, New Tools, Novice teachers, Preservice teachers, Professional Development, service learning, Teacher Leadership, Teaching, Technology, Weblogs, Wikis

I had the opportunity recently to facilitate a group of business, education, political and community leaders in a discussion about developing a workforce ready group of graduates in the 21st Century. I was given the task of relaying the experience. I have decided to share with you to see if you agree or disagree with [...]

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Time to Reflect

Posted on December 28, 2008 by in passion based learning, Personal, service learning

At the close of every year our family uses this time as an opportunity to review, reflect, predict and plan. We each have a journal where we have kept our goals and it is interesting to look back over the years and see where we have been successful and areas that still need work or [...]

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WNY-Powerful Learning Practice Culminating Celebration

Posted on May 26, 2008 by in Blogging, Change, Connectivism, innovation, Leadership, Learning communities, passion based learning, PLP, Professional Development, service learning

What does music, film, live performances, laughter, passion, reculturation and blogging for charity have in common?– Western NY’s Powerful Learning Practice’s culminating celebration! Holland’s team performing a remake of "This Land is my Land" into a Web 2.0 Song May 22, 2008- 20 school teams in the Western New York region came together to celebrate [...]

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Geeking Our Way to a Better World

Posted on April 10, 2007 by in Change, Connectivism, Creativity & Innovation, Digital Divide, Homelessness, Learning communities, service learning, Technology

Go out into the world today and love the people you meet. Let your presence light new light in the hearts of people. -Mother Teresa Thinking more about the homeless issue and how to make an impact. Steve Hargadon and I have been throwing ideas around for awhile now. I plan to Skype him into [...]

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Get Involved- Using Technology to Teach Service Learning

Posted on December 10, 2006 by in service learning

A relatively new blogger and deep thinker Vinnie Vrotny, who blogs over at Multi-faceted Refractionsis helping his school’s junior class with a service project. Vinnie’s school mission is to embed service learning into the curriculum. Inspired by the book Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson, a mountain climber who has dedicated his life to improving [...]

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