Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you
didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail
away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails.
Explore. Dream. Discover.
~Mark Twain
My contribution to the meme, per Dean Shareski’s nod.

Here are the rules:

* Post a picture from a source like FlickrCC or Flickr Creative
Commons or make/take your own that captures what YOU are most
passionate about for kids to learn about…and give your picture a short
title.

    * Title your blog post “Meme: Passion Quilt” and link back to this blog entry.

    * Include links to 5 folks in your professional learning network or whom you follow on Twitter/Pownce.

Your turn:

Jennifer Clark Evans
Matt Montagne
Dana Huff
Gardner Campbell (do you do these things??)
Robin Ellis

Learning through connections and community. Six months ago, I didn’t fully understand what this meant. Today, with Twitter, my Google Reader, and various Skype interactions, I’ve realized the powerful impact on my own learning. Not only that, I am watching it happen to a colleague, who has joined this network recently.
Through this community, I became aware of a program Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach and Will Richardson run. At first glance, I knew it was something I wanted, needed, to be involved in. Their plan, Powerful Learning Practice, provides a unique opportunity for a group of teachers at a school to engage in a professional development opportunity with others from the area (and across the globe). Here’s a quote from their website:

"The PLP model is currently enabling hundreds of educators around the
country to experience the transformative potential of social Web tools
to build global learning communities and re-envision their own personal
learning practice."

I am gathering interested independent school teachers from around Virginia and the surrounding states to form a cohort of energetic teachers. Are you interested?  Email me for more information (susancartermorganatgmaildotcom), DM me on Twitter (scmorgan), or leave a comment.

Also, if you know someone who might be interested, please pass the information along.

Come, join us!