Welcome to Provoking Thoughts from Prairie

The purpose of this blog is to continue our quest for professional learning at Hudson Prairie.  On August 27, 2013 we all were inspired by my hero, Heidi Hayes- Jacobs.    

Here is her Ted Talk. You may want to refresh your memory or just want some good entertainment.  Well, she has inspired us to prepare our students for TODAY's world, not the 21st Century!

Our 2013-14 enduring understanding is:

Preparing learners for a changing world requires responsive shifts in teaching and learning.

Our essential questions are:

What do learners need to prepare for our changing world?

What shifts can we make in our practices to prepare our students (and ourselves) for our changing world?

This is HSD 2025.  We want to transform education and it's exciting, yet scary too!  Well I took the pledge like each of you.  You have inspired me!  

Here is my list of changing my practices as a leader.

1.  I am going to use Twitter, Pinterest, and Electronic Media to feed my curiosity and learn. 

2.  I will model my risk-taking with my students and staff.   Blogs, Wikispaces, Today's Meet, Voice Threads, Google Docs, etc,

I am on my journey and I invite you to join with me on our LEARNING JOURNEY TOGETHER!

Please comment on YOUR pledge to prepare our 460 Hudson Prairie students for TODAY!