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barakstanley

Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age - 7 views

learningcenteredtechnology.wordpress.com/...ing-theory-for-the-digital-age

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shared by barakstanley on 08 Jun 18 - No Cached
  • barakstanley on 08 Jun 18
     
    Dr. Sherri E. Ritter's blog post discusses the main ideas behind several learning theories. She also provides background information, a definition, and examples of connectivism. I like how Ritter suggests different apps at the bottom of the post to support connectivism in the classroom. I have used Remind101 before to safely and securely communicate with parents.
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  • naddleman on 10 Jun 18
     
    I liked the format of this post as well. It also opened my eyes to how much we can be restricting our students from this type of learning if we are keeping their personal technology out of the classroom. The struggle is finding a happy medium, at least thats the struggle at my current school.
  • miljenni on 10 Jun 18
     
    The part of the article that I enjoyed the most was when it had a list of apps at the bottom. It connected the theory of connectivism with a list of apps that potentially could be used in a learning environment. Since this is a 2014 article, I would assume that there are many more that should be included now. Thanks for sharing.
  • cooperjrn on 11 Jun 18
     
    What I find most interesting about this is that there are examples of how apps are used in the day to day operation of businesses and educations and yet in most classrooms I've been in the first thing we're told is to turn off our electronic devices. In fact, in the school where I work, we just reconfigured a classroom because it was too hard to tell if students were surfing the web instead of paying attention. Did I mention that I teach adults?
  • camille_rrt on 11 Jun 18
     
    Great connectivism resources for users in a variety of different backgrounds.
Lisa Bradshaw

Software Apps Now Offered for Free - 1 views

Free software, including apps that are being temporarily offered for free, during social distancing/remote learning efforts: http://www.amazingeducationalresources.com/

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started by Lisa Bradshaw on 14 Mar 20 no follow-up yet
itxasocayero

Game-based Learning Market Expected to Continue Strong Growth - 0 views

www.gamesandlearning.org/...cted-to-continue-strong-growth

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shared by itxasocayero on 12 Mar 17 - No Cached
  • itxasocayero on 12 Mar 17
     
    Elearning Industry published their top statistics on the size of the digital learning and game-based learning markets as well as some of the recent trend reports on how kids and adults see these tools.
itxasocayero

Reading, Writing and Video Games - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...g-writing-and-video-games.html

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shared by itxasocayero on 12 Mar 17 - No Cached
  • itxasocayero on 12 Mar 17
     
    "Imagine if kids poured their time and passion into a video game that taught them math concepts while they barely noticed, because it was so enjoyable," Bill Gates said. This article talks about what role games should play in the classroom.
nicsza

HTML 5 Physics Games - 0 views

This site has a pretty extensive collection of physics based games: http://thephysicsaviary.com/Physics/Programs/Games/index.html Additionally there are virtual labs, tools, homework problems and...

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started by nicsza on 14 Mar 17 no follow-up yet
nicsza

Rather annoyed with Google - 1 views

I realize Google is not the be all end all of finding relevant information on the internet, but I did a search for: "are cross curricular units beneficial" and these are the top 2 hits: https://www...

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started by nicsza on 21 Mar 17 no follow-up yet
itxasocayero

Supporting Teachers in Integrating Digital Technology Into Language Arts Instruction to... - 0 views

lib.dr.iastate.edu/...viewcontent.cgi

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shared by itxasocayero on 02 Apr 17 - No Cached
  • itxasocayero on 02 Apr 17
     
    This article talks about the technology tools teachers could use to support language arts instruction.
katelyngriffin

Miss Griffin's Class Website - 3 views

Here is the website my students and I update. Most exciting places to look: Room 13 news (blog that I update) and Student News (updates from the kids). My newsletters are pretty cute but nothing to...

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started by katelyngriffin on 06 Jun 17 no follow-up yet
katelyngriffin

Three problems with the connectivist conception of learning - 1 views

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259552573_Three_problems_with_the_connectivist_conception_of_learning (you have to download the PDF) In this article, three main problems with the new conn...

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started by katelyngriffin on 09 Jun 17 no follow-up yet
Allison Hall

5 Personal Learning Networks (PLNs) for Educators - 2 views

This is a perfect article for Twitter. It gives a brief yet valuable list and synopsis of tools for educators. Thank you for sharing!

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started by katelyngriffin on 09 Jun 17 1 follow-up, last by Allison Hall on 10 Jun 17
Allison Hall

Professional Learning Networks (PLNs) for educators - YouTube - 5 views

www.youtube.com/watch

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shared by Allison Hall on 08 Jun 17 - No Cached
  • Allison Hall on 08 Jun 17
     
    This video presents an overview of how educators can use PLNs to improve their professional practice.
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  • kcastello on 08 Jun 17
     
    Allison, what a great video to explain PLNs. He does a great job of explaining his three aspects of what he believes to comprise a PLN; people, spaces, and tools. He seems to be a very strong advocate of Twitter!
  • Ariana Pyburn on 08 Jun 17
     
    Allison, this is a great find! The explanation is clear and the video is pretty solid- the green screen work adds instead of detracts. Thanks for sharing!
  • kimsjohnson on 10 Jun 17
     
    This is great! I appreciate videos like this to explain complex ideas. Great to share with colleagues. If you like this, you might check out their website that includes their research, presentations etc. https://professionallearningnetworks.com/
lindsayhoyt

Connectivism - 1 views

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2016-02-04-robotics-and-vr-loom-on-the-higher-ed-horizon This article discusses the importance of connections between teachers and students through the use of technolog...

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started by lindsayhoyt on 11 Jun 17 no follow-up yet
lindsayhoyt

PLN - Why or Why Not? - 0 views

https://www.edutopia.org/blog/how-do-i-get-a-pln-tom-whitby Summary: This article defines PLN as a social networking tool to learn and collaborate with other people with the same interests or profe...

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started by lindsayhoyt on 12 Jun 17 no follow-up yet
bbridgewater019

A Case for PNL - 1 views

dmlcentral.net/-netweaver-curator-pln-builder

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shared by bbridgewater019 on 12 Jun 17 - No Cached
  • bbridgewater019 on 12 Jun 17
     
    This resource is a personal account of one teacher's usage of personal learning networks that supports the theory and nature of doing so as well as helps to create a working definition of a PLN for the reader. Additionally, this resource features how the educator used social networking to engage in personal learning networks as well as an example of overcoming the objections of skeptics to such practices.
jershua1

What is a PLN - Marc-André Lalande's take - 1 views

www.youtube.com/watch

#PLN #connectededucators #edtechsn

shared by jershua1 on 23 Jun 14 - No Cached
  • Melinda Mott on 23 Jun 14
     
    This defines and simplifies the idea of a Personal Learning Network
  • jershua1 on 11 Jun 17
     
    A quick PLN overview that describes many of the aspects of what we do here in this class. The presenter offers many insights on how to be a member of a PLN, and some of the tools that are available to us. I like that he tells me that I can change levels of participation whenever I want, and should feel free to just lurk if preferred.
joannalieberman

Understanding and Creating Professional Learning Networks - YouTube - Miles MacFarlane - 2 views

www.youtube.com/watch

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shared by joannalieberman on 06 Jul 15 - No Cached
  • tygrogan on 06 Jul 15
     
    A brief video discussing PLNs that provides a sample scenario of PLNs.
  • joannalieberman on 11 Jun 17
     
    An informative look at how PLNs work and the benefits of a PLN. Told from the perspective of a scenario in which the PLN is not initially accepted as a valuable tool of learning, the creator of this video shows that a PLN offers: 1. user ownership, 2. user independence, 3. user self-determination. The video goes on to show the benefits of collaborating through PLNs.
  • timrocco on 11 Jun 17
     
    This video offers a decent introduction to PLNs. I like that it approaches the topic from the perspective of someone who is skeptical and encourages everyone to become a life long learner.
sfledderjohann

http://valenciacollege.edu/faculty/development/tla/documents/CommunityofPractice.pdf - 4 views

valenciacollege.edu/...CommunityofPractice.pdf

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shared by sfledderjohann on 21 Jun 14 - No Cached
  • Jennie Finafrock on 21 Jun 14
     
    "The basic argument made by Jean Lave and Etienne Wenger is that communities of practice are everywhere and that we are generally involved in a number of them - whether that is at work, school, home, or in our civic and leisure interests. In some groups we are core members, in others we are more at the margins." In these communities we share information and resources that further our education.
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  • Cody Peacock on 22 Jun 14
     
    This article is an outstanding review by Mark K. Smith of Jean Lave and Etienne Wenger's theories of social learning through communities of practice. It gives a great overview of the theoretical foundations as well as additional explanations of those theories.
  • amandahensley on 07 Jun 16
     
    This article outlines the theory and practice of communities of practice, and discusses the idea that learning is social and comes from of our experience of participating in daily life. The authors identify a variety of types of CoPs that all humans are engaged in, even if they are not formally identified as such. A CoP is defined along three dimensions: what it is about, how it functions, and what capabilities/resources it has produced. Also emphasized are the importance of the relationships formed between the people within the CoPs - hence, the community in CoP. Stemming from that, they extend the idea of CoPs to apply to the classroom culture and environment and discuss the need for educators to cultivate a similar idea to best facilitate learning among their students.
  • meganapgar on 08 Jun 16
     
    The point that I learned from this article is that communities of practice go beyond the acquisition of knowledge and skill. They build relationships where people within the community work together to share their skills, knowledge, and interests they have learned in order to complete new or more complex tasks. We learn best through active participation.
  • brianbetteridge on 08 Jun 16
     
    Articles like this one make it clear that we are actively involved in communities of practice every day, without even realizing it. This is largely due to the internet; now, if one needs to reach out to another person for advice on baking, for example, one can use online forums or message boards to connect to others in their community of practice. This was not possible before the internet, or at the very least it was difficult to accomplish so easily. I'm interested to learn a little more about what COPs might have looked like before the internet.
  • Kjersti Withers on 11 Jun 16
     
    Learning is social and takes place by participating in daily life. Learning takes place situationally in communities of practice. These communities of practice exist all around us: home, work, school, etc. As we pursue our goals within our groups, learning occurs. Members off s community of practice (CoP) are united by common activities and by what they learn through participating in those activities. A community of practice is defined by three factors, "what it is about," "how it functions," and "what capability it has produced." For a community of practice to be effective, it needs to "generate and appropriate a shared repertoire of ideas, commitments and memories." There also need to be resources like documents, tools, procedures, and a shared vocabulary. The the developers of this theory, Jean Lave and Etienne Wenger, focused on the kinds of "social engagement" that caused learning to take place. People join groups and initially learn from the periphery. Eventually, they become more proficient through their participation as they move toward the center of the group. The situation in which the learning occurs has a significant effect on the learning.
  • scottcastro on 12 Jun 16
     
    After reading through this article, I kept coming back to this quote: "Rather than looking to learning as the acquisition of certain forms of knowledge, Jean Lave and Etienne Wenger have tried to place it in social relationships - situations of co-participation." These are ideas I try to integrate into my classroom on a day-to-day basis because healthy social relationships can enhance learning experiences due to students becoming vested in goals. Students are more willing to put their feet outside of the box, without fear of sharing and participating in these learning environments---and they become active inside members of these groups, rather than outside onlookers.
  • kcastello on 06 Jun 17
     
    This article begins by explaining communities of practice. The article cites Wenger who states that a community of practice defines itself among three different dimensions which are what it is about, how it functions, and what capability it has produced. It explains that there are a vast number of different types of communities of practice and that in our daily lives we are a part of a number of them whether a central member or more on the outskirts. Being an educator myself, I really appreciated the final section of the article which explains implications for educators. It explains that learning occurs through interactions with people, we as educators work so that students may become members of communities of practice, and the importance of thinking through the connection between knowledge and practice.
  • sfledderjohann on 12 Jun 17
     
    This article is a great starting piece for understanding the theory and basic practices of communities of practice. You get background information on the work of Jean Lave and Etienne Wenger. In addition to this background information on communities of practice the article also discusses some of the issues and implications for educators,.
kimsjohnson

George Siemens - Connectivism: Socializing Open Learning - YouTube - 1 views

youtu.be/rqL_lsogeNU

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shared by kimsjohnson on 10 Jun 17 - No Cached
  • kimsjohnson on 10 Jun 17
     
    In this video discussion on open social learning, connectivism theorist, George Siemens discusses transparency and openness in connected learning. He emphasizes the importance of the actual connections that learners are permitted to make over the networks themselves. He asks a thought-provoking question, "Do we have the most diverse opportunities at the at the hands of our students to connect with individuals, ideas, and thinkers that they're interested in?" He points out that transparency makes our learning visual to others, and because of this, new opportunities and experiences are made possible through connections.
  • jershua1 on 12 Jun 17
     
    I love the question he asks. We might as well embrace the tools that we have to improve the amount of opportunities there are for students and teachers. I love that these networks allow us to show that our process is working. When I've learned something, especially in these MET courses, I love that everyone else can see it and perhaps weigh in with their opinions.
timrocco

Modern Professional Learning: Connecting PLCs With PLNs | Edutopia - 2 views

www.edutopia.org/...l-learning-plc-pln-vicki-davis

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shared by timrocco on 11 Jun 17 - No Cached
  • timrocco on 11 Jun 17
     
    In this article the author makes the argument that a hybridization of PLCs and PLNs would benefit students and teachers. It provides an introduction to both concepts before it offers ideas on hybridization and why they would benefit stakeholders.
  • jershua1 on 12 Jun 17
     
    I like the argument. Hybridization of these two vital elements will provide teachers and learners with an all around better experience in a school day. I know that in my building PLC is often frowned upon by the staff, because they find it a waste of time. I think that the integration of PLNs in the process could provide far more than simply meeting and discussing policy/educational tools.
  • lindsayhoyt on 12 Jun 17
     
    I really liked this article because I feel at my school there is many PLC, but no one is really connected to PLN (including myself). As a member of the technology commitment, we have a small group looking to create goals and share knowledge, but sometimes its doesn't go beyond our meeting walls. If the communities could be connected to PLN then the walls are broken down and the collaboration and problem-solving input increased.
Ryann Waldman

3 Steps for Building a Professional Learning Network - Education Week Teacher - 19 views

www.edweek.org/...g-a-professional-learning.html

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shared by Ryann Waldman on 02 Sep 15 - No Cached
  • Hannah Clark on 02 Sep 15
     
    Crowley writes about how to effectively build a PLN, but goes much more in depth than just listing out three basic steps. She details why PLNs are so beneficial, especially to teachers. I appreciate that she covers the doubts and frustrations someone may have when establishing a PLN and offers ways to help someone from being overwhelmed.
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  • cassiefaught on 03 Sep 15
     
    My favorite sources are ones that come from someone's personal experience, so I loves this one! It is great how it talks about tips for building a PLN and why they are important.
  • Kelly Kenney on 03 Sep 15
     
    I love how she describes PLNs and why she believes they are so important to teachers. She explains every aspect of PLNs and even expresses her own feelings that sometimes expressed frustrations. PLNs are something that all teachers should be involved in. I loved reading this. Thank you for posting it.
  • thwilliams on 04 Sep 15
     
    This is a great resources about PLNs and how they can be utilized and created. The personal insight really makes PLN's more understandable and practical.
  • David Mato on 06 Sep 15
     
    I also like how the author explains that at the beginning joining PLNs may be overwhelming and it is important to find the virtual places that feel most natural to you.
  • Heather Berlin on 07 Sep 15
     
    Brianna Crowley does a nice job of explaining what a professional learning network is as well as goes over the steps of how to set one up.
  • Danielle Leone on 07 Sep 15
     
    I like how Crowley defines a PLN as a "vibrant, ever-changing group of connections." It really emphasizes how powerful and important PLNs can be.
  • J Matibag on 11 Jun 16
     
    This is a great article which is short and to the point when describing a professional learning network. It describes three steps one takes as your relationships build into something more in your PLN. What I got most out of the article was the ending of the article, which stresses the importance of finding a network which energizes you, instead of overwhelms you.
  • Katie Swanson Sathre on 13 Jun 16
     
    I like articles like this because they have actionable items. I researched more theory based articles so this was a great change of pace. I like this quote this best "If your professional life feels stagnant and narrow, or your learning feels stale and predictable, perhaps it's time to step outside the door and seek people who can breathe new life into your professional growth." The exciting thing about learning from one another is the impact we can make on one another's career. Everyone want to feel energized and that's the great thing about sharing cool new tools with each other.
  • clairedickinson4 on 05 Sep 16
     
    Here, author Brianna Crowley describes Professional Learning Networks as "vibrant, ever-changing groups of connections to which teachers go to both share and learn. These groups reflect our values, passions, and areas of expertise." This, in a nutshell, helped me understand what PLNs are right off the bat and helped me to recognize that connections, communities, and common goals are vital. PLNs should also, according to Crowley, be created with individuals that are trusted and have similar interests, which I feel is great advice.
  • Natalie Burr on 09 Jun 17
     
    One of the reasons I started my PLN on twitter years ago was because of a colleague. I never really 'got into' the PLN and have basically ignored it the last 5 years. This article is a reminder to me about WHY I have a PLN and reminds me that a PLN means something different for me than it does for anyone else.
  • kimsjohnson on 10 Jun 17
     
    I like this very practical article on developing a PLN. It's a good one to share with colleagues to introduce them to the idea in a short, concise way with very doable steps.
  • Allison Hall on 10 Jun 17
     
    This article makes it easy for readers to gain a quick understanding of PLN, why they are important, and how to get started. This is an excellent resource to share with colleagues.
  • Ryann Waldman on 12 Jun 17
     
    A Professional Learning Network does not need to be a stress inducing task. A PLN should be a changing group of connections that people can join to connect with like minded people who share values, passions, and areas of expertise. When used in education, it connects teachers all across the world and gives it's members with different perspectives on education. PLNs often use technology to drive the connections. When creating or joining a PLN, there are three steps to think about. The first step is to find the professionals. This means that you need to find professional people who share an interest and value with yourself. Once you have found those people, follow them on social media or their blogs to stay connected with them. The second step is to find your niche group. A niche in a PLN is a place where people gather around similar interests or experiences. The final step is to find your PLN buddies and mentors. These are people you have really connected with and who help to expand your thinking. The best part about a PLN is that it is driven by you. You have the ability to adapt your PLN to fit you and your needs. 
  • lindsayhoyt on 12 Jun 17
     
    As a teacher who is new to PLN and using it as a forum to learn and share ideas, I thought it was a great article to help connect the new user. Like any connection, time and effort are needed to make the relationship work. This article was precise in effective ways to build a community and sustain a PLN. Thanks for sharing.
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