A team of WCFS teachers began a year-long professional development initiative today that will have a dramatic impact on our use of "Web 2.0" tools to meet the needs of the 21st century learners in our school. The initiative is called "Powerful Learning Practice for Leadership in Schools" and has brought together a cohort of teams from 20 schools through the Association of Delaware Valley Independent Schools (ADVIS).
Our team includes Teachers Dottie (science), Alicia (math), Kathy D. (technology coordinator), Kathy M. (language arts), Bonnie (5th grade) and me. We gathered today for a full-day workshop with the other 19 teams and will continue the work through four Elluminate webinars, ongoing cohort collaboration though a "virtual learning community", and regular WCFS team meetings, culminating in another day-long workshop on April 1. Our team will develop a 21st Century curriculum project that leverages the potential of emerging technologies such as blogs, wikis and web-based multimedia - and will share what we learn with the rest of the school community.
I am personally grateful to the members of our team for making this significant commitment, and I am certain that their work will enhance both our professional practice and the learning experience of our students.
For more information on PLP: http://plpnetwork.com
You may also be interested in reading the blogs of Will Richardson and Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach, who are leading this initiative.
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