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School culture is an important ingredient in successful tech integration.

Great resource for online learning and blended options!

Connectivism as an educational theory is seen as a valuable tool for gathering knowledge of a subject using modern technological tools. The author feels that the theory of connectivism could benefit from increased empirical study. He feels that connectivism is at its best when it is used to refine and disseminate knowledge rapidly.

A wide variety of science topics covered with short games for students.

From the short demos I've watched - this looks promising as a resource. Drawback - it is not free.

This article provides an excerpt from the book, Cultivating Communities of Practice: A Guide to Managing Knowledge by Wenger, McDermott, and Snyder. This pieces notes what CoPs are and what makes them successful. It explores seven design principles to help CoPs thrive and evolve. Each principle is explained and supported with understandable real-world examples.

This does give a really complete explanation of each one. I agree that the examples are relevant and helpful. I think this is a great resource.

I like this article. Much of what I read dealt with what communities of practice are. This article focuses more on how to set up and maintain a successful community of practice. Each of the elements brought up is very detailed. I like this article because it details what a community of practice is indirectly. In describing what a successful CoP looks like you can easily see what it is and how valuable it can be. Good find!

A lengthy article, but it does a good job of explaining the theories behind PLNs while also providing case studies of how PLNs benefited teachers. It connects PLNs with connectivism as well.

The focus of this article is on how educators can help learners set up and discover value in communities of practice. Through working with adult educators it showed learners how their previous knowledge and experiences have great value to the community. They were able to discover the value of self-directed learning. Finally they realized the networking potential of COPs.

This has practical information on using multimedia in education. It presents 4 different pedagogical scenarios for using multimedia in education - provides definitions and possible uses, and a chart with advantages/disadvantages.

This teacher presents a possible solution for those students who learn at different paces, come with different abilities and are participating in a flipped classroom. She suggests using Book Creator as a way for students to engage in creating books.

In this article, Communities of Practice are defined as "groups of people who share a concern or passion for something they do and learn how to do it to better as they interact regularly." Communities of practice have three distinct characteristics including domain, community, and practice. All three characteristics must be present in order for it to be a community of practice. The domain is what we care about. The community is who cares about it. Practice is what we do together. This article includes a visual that shows a CoP very clearly. It also provides details of a CoP and how to organize a CoP. During the organization of a CoP, there are 5 stages to go through.

Great article Kayden! I've seen multiple articles also stating that the 3 main characteristics are the domain, community, and practice. Such great insight!

This video presents an overview of how educators can use PLNs to improve their professional practice.

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!

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/