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Photo credit: http://thenewpostliterate.blogspot.com/2009/01/dr-john-m-bennetts-solo-and.html In the PLPNetbooks community (Australia work) this blog post surfaced after my interview with Steve Hargadon on The Future of Education The Title of the post is the same as mine.. Why Are We Here? It follows:...

Ever wondered what PLP is all about? Susan Carter Morgan shares about her PLP experience.

I have been thinking a lot about how to manage the needed change process in education. Looks like a lot of folks have been playing with that idea as well. ISTE released their new NETS for ADMIN framing it as...

"Things do not change; we change." Thoreau "It's not that some people have willpower and some don't. It's that some people are ready to change and others are not." James Gordon, M.D. "Change has a considerable psychological impact on the...

This was posted on the NSDC Website- felt you might find it s interesting as I do. The Department of Education has outlined initial guidelines for three components of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding: the State Fiscal Stabilization...

Will and I are excited to announce the inaugural Powerful Learning Practice Visioning Boot Camp for Educational Leaders to be held at the Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia this summer. You can get all of the details here, but the...

My daughter Grace (pictured above wearing the "optical Illusion" threadless) loves Threadless T-shirts. She always asks for them for Christmas. I recently got this email and thought I would share. Hi There, I wanted to let you know about a...

It has become apparent to me that I have raised a family with strong geek tendencies and I find it quite endearing. Don't get me wrong, we are all cultured and our interests range from the arts to medicine but...

The following is a repost from Jenny Luca one of our PLP Fellows from Australia. Bottom line- Get your students involved. Join the Working together Site, raise some money, and donate to help rebuild schools and help Australia's students. (left...

In a family or community when some of us hurt- we all hurt. When some of us succeed we all celebrate. Many of those in our community from Australia are hurting. We need to stand with them in this time...

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....

Received this today and believe in the work. Thought I would share with you. I am writing on behalf of Academy Award-winning filmmaker Vanessa Roth, co-founder of 826 National Nínive Calegari, and writer Dave Eggers. They are the Director and...

My oldest daughter Amber was interviewed recently. I was blown away by her response to this question. So what most inspires you? Community. Whether it is 50 kids at a hardcore show screaming along the lyrics to a local band's...

In this new year many of us have promised ourselves to try and find more balance in our lives. I personally vowed to spend more time connected with the earth through hiking, walking on the beach, and playing hard with...

Someone in a community I belong to recently said, "Why should teachers change? We are asking them to work harder, do things in a new way, unlearn the old ways of doing things, and when they do all that we...