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In order to be a good student, one has to be well fed. Boston University Dining hall tweets are informative about the practical matter of food availability. This serves as a learning instrument as students who participate in tweeting can be exploring anything from conflict resolution (a burrito being thrown) to critical inquiry (requesting details of food)

Website administered by the USDA to educate all about the food pyramid. Contains tons of great tools for teachers, kids and parents.

In this article, we will talk about how blockchain can solve existing food supply problems. Furthermore, we will see how blockchain is growing exponentially, creating ample opportunities for all.

This tool works with iOS devices and allows the user to track activity, food and sleep.

This is my favorite URL as I love to cook. The recipes are easy to follow and the site provides a variety of recipes. Yummy!

I definitely love this PLN site. I too love to cook and this is a great way to learn new recipes. I used a site similar and this summer made some Indian food for the first time called Chicken Tikka Masala.

Some interesting food for thought for ELA educators.

Webquest created to teach about healthy habits, nutrition and where to find healthy foods.

Dedicated to changing the way we eat and influencing schools to change their habits in how they feed children.

Presidential campaigns implement extensive efforts to capture the youth vote by posting huge amounts of information on the Internet. This lessons combines students, social media, and politics.

The inefficiency of the agricultural supply chain leads to an estimated loss of almost 30% of food every year around the world. Blockchain technology aims to improve this figure by providing farmers with a better market benefit to enhance their livelihood.

Our state's dairy and nutrition council has a website with great resources in foods and nutrition.

Go to the first option, it is the article written by Attwell. This article gives a summary of what a personal learning environment and it's benefits. This article gives good examples of what a PLE and how it works as well as some history and theoretical background.

Great read! Totally agree that while life long learning is nothing new, technology brings it to a different level (even though the focus of the article was on education rather than the technical aspect.) I also found interesting the discussion on new approach to assessment (the traditional one on the outcome vs. the new one on the competencies for such an outcome.) Some food for thought!

Great article! I liked how the article defined PLNs and gave ways to use them for deeper understanding and engagement. I used to teach an introductory tech course at our local high school and I will be speaking the the teacher and sharing this article with him. I feel that the benefits of students using PLNs is limitless.

#icandomorethanrequest just some food for thought regarding AACs

Don't let the academic sound of the title push you away from reading this article. The author, Bopelo Boitshwarelo, presents arguments: "This paper set out to propose a research framework that will aid in advancing the research agenda of connectivism, particularly developmental work. " It is very dense with lots of synthesis of research that has been done on Activity Theory, Connectivism, and Communities of Practice from 2000 - 2011, when it was published. If you need to do a content-based paper on activity theory, connectivism, or communities of practice, this has several references listed at the end that will help you find original sources of ideas.

Thanks Melissa, this is helpful. No doubt that many of us are going to benefit from this type of research in our own academic pursuits. As you said, this study is fairly dense. But I also found that it breaks things down in nice chunks. I liked the explanation that a learning community is "a group of people learning together through continuous dialogue."

The author, Bopelo Boitshwarelo, from University of Botswana, points out the interconnections of online communities of practice, design-based research, and activity theory. The author proposes designed-based research as a framework to advance connectivism. I found the first half of this article particularly helpful with definitions and key points synthesized from pioneers in the field of connectivism. Central ideas encompass the importance of learners connecting in a CoP both as providers and gleaners of information. Learning networks or communities of practice are complex and dynamic in nature, providing challenges to researchers and studying their effectiveness. The article provides food for thought about the complexities of the interconnections of these theories and the development of frameworks to monitor and assess learning success when putting them into practice.

Lessons and tools to help kids eat healthy.

Offers recipes, information and ideas for healthy eating.

Great website with many resources for teachers and parents to help teach about healthy habits, not just milk.

Interactive, webquest style website designed to teach students about nutrition and eating well.

Webquest designed to help students navigate through various websites while teaching them about online shopping and healthy eating habits.