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Why Are We Here? by Sheryl N. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Photo credit: http://thenewpostliterate.blogspot.com/2009/01/dr-john-m-bennetts-solo-and.htmlIn the PLPNetbooks community (Australia work) this blog post surfaced after my int ... Read on »
PLP Described in Under a Minute. by Sheryl N. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Ever wondered what PLP is all about?Susan Carter Morgan shares about her PLP experience. Read on »
The Fabric of Community- The Key to Transforming Education by Sheryl N. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy 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 ... Read on »
Aspects of Change: A Time of Learning by Sheryl N. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy "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 no ... Read on »
NSDC and TQ Research Outlines Strategies for Spending your Stimulus Dollars by Sheryl N. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy 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 ... Read on »
Web 2.0 Visioning Boot Camp for Educational Leaders by Sheryl N. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy 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 Philade ... Read on »
Student Designers... Threadless 101 by Sheryl N. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy 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 e ... Read on »
The Family that Geeks Together- Stays Together by Sheryl N. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy 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 r ... Read on »
Opportunity - Use Education to Make the World a Better Place- Collective Action by Sheryl N. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy 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 ... Read on »
Community- It's a Small World After All by Sheryl N. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy 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 sta ... Read on »
21st Century Workforce Readiness by Sheryl N. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy 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 gradua ... Read on »
The Teacher Salary Project by Sheryl N. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy 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 ... Read on »
What Inspires you? by Sheryl N. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy 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 s ... Read on »
Finding Balance by Sheryl N. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy 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, ... Read on »
Why Change? by Sheryl N. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy 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 th ... Read on »
21st Century Learning - You Cannot Give Away What You Do Not Own by Sheryl N. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Because of my firm belief in technology’s ability to level the playing field and open doors for all children, regardless of race, socio-economic background, or exception ... Read on »
Net Generation Learners by Sheryl N. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Link to: TechfootSpeaking with Understanding About Net Gen LearnersWhen it comes to understanding the use of media in education and development, take a tip from the professor. ... Read on »
Reactions to Non-connectivity by Sheryl N. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy We are moving. It is so humbling when you have to pack all your belongings in boxes, separate trash from treasure, and try to ignore the dirt that is revealed as you move furn ... Read on »
Visual Literacy and Teacher Voice by Sheryl N. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Andy Rush posts about a video series he watched at at Human Dog Laboratory.I am moved by the apathy I hear in the high school math teacher's voice and impressed up on how incr ... Read on »
The Buck Stops Here by Sheryl N. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy David Warlick's post, "Contemporary Literacy: Who and When" rang so true with me. In it he discusses Jon Pederson's post's Challenge to the New Information Environme ... Read on »