This spring has been an amazing journey for me as I have ventured into two totally different and challenging areas of online learning. The first
Category: Good to know
When students tell you they are bored – who is responsible? Teacher or student?
Who is responsible? I recently stumbled upon this conversation “When students tell you they are bored can we blame the students as well” via Twitter.
Lesotho farewell ceremony!
Thank you! Our stay in Lesotho passed by too quickly and the last day was both wonderful and sad at the same time! We will
Instant America
Instant America Did you know that over 3 billion Google searchers are done in a day? That 1 in 4 people abandon a web page
Asking the right questions
Day two of our visit to Mamoeketsi primary school is completed and we are having an amazing time here! 4 students and one teacher traveling
Peter Senge – what schools need to focus on now!
Peter Senge, author of The Fifth Discipline, Senior lecturer at MIT and Founder of the Society for Organizational Learning shares his perspectives on leadership and
Finland’s formula for school success
What can we learn from Finland? Food for thought…. it’s clear that early intervention is a key part of the philosophy there, and that the
Learning objectives; Social Media Classroom
In December, the busiest month of the year, I signed up for the the course “Social Media Classroom” by Howard Rheingold. I was made aware
Rubrics
In education jargon, the word rubric means “an assessment tool for communicating expectations of quality”. Rubric actually means “a heading written or printed in red”
Congratulations to all PLP Friends on the EduBlog Awards shortlist
I am very proud to be part of the PLP network and I really appreciate the opportunity to be part of the Voices of the
Voices from the Learning Revolution
Our Powerful Learning Practice group blog — Voices from the Learning Revolution — has just published its 100th post! And every one of them has
Bring on the learning revolution
Sir Ken Robinson ends his TED talk in 2010 with this poem by William Butler Yeats and his own words: Had I the heavens’ embroidered
Changing education – it is a brand new set of possibilities
Educators and learners from schools in different parts of the world talk about how the way we learn is changing. How students are more involved,
Now I know what evil looks like
Now I know what evil looks like. Not many months ago I watched the movie 9/11 with my students and this statement, from a firefighter,
Sir Ken Robinson – LWF talk!
On March 16th, 2011 Sir Ken Robinson gave a talk to the Learning without Frontiers community where he discussed creativity, learning and proposed reforms to