http://shellyterrell.com/2010/05/09/16-resources-about-personal-learning-networks-plns/

This is a quick go to resource guide for educators wanting to know more about PLNs including its history, how to build a PLN, and tools needed to build a PLN.

http://edupln.ning.com/

This is a place for various forums for educators to join different PLNs. It demonstrates the easy accessibility of creating a network of learners who are interested in the same concept.

http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/resource/2690

This article explains the difference between just collaboratively working together compared to actually forming a CoP. Most teachers see working in "groups" as more work to do collaboratively. This article describes what a CoP should look like in schools to make it work effectively for teachers and administrators.

http://www.schrockguide.net/creating-your-pln.html

This website is just a how to create your PLN with different links to guide you in the direction that you need to go instead of having to skim through a lot of reading. I like this website because it a quick resource guide.

http://elearnmag.acm.org/archive.cfm?aid=2379624

This article is a research study on how PLN and twitter are actually connected. This study was conducted on K-12 teachers and reactions to twitter and this professional growth.

http://onceateacher.wordpress.com/2009/05/05/pln-your-personal-learning-network-made-easy/

This blog puts PLN information in layman terms and isn't talking above you like some articles can. It lays out exactly what a PLN is and how to create one for yourself.

http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/3559/3131

First off, this article/website is a really good resource being that it is a peer-reviewed journal that is internet based. This article gives an understanding of personal learning networks and how it is used for personal and professional use.

http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/523/1103

This article discusses whether connectivism is a learning theory or a developmental theory. It also goes in to more details of what a learning theory really is and what all goes in to it. Further details of connectivism are displayed and give a larger insight to what it actually means.

http://infed.org/mobi/jean-lave-etienne-wenger-and-communities-of-practice/

This website/article gives background information for Jean Lave and Etiene Wenger who are the backbone to this concept. A thorough description of CoPs is what starts this article with the characteristics to follow. The characteristics include the doman, the community and the practice. The information given in this article references individual writings from Lave and Wenger. Very good overall information for anyone wanting to know what CoP's are and how to effectively use them.

http://wenger-trayner.com/theory/

This is a great article that gives an overview of Communities of Practice. Wenger-Trayner displays what CoP's should look like in different formats - education, government, business, associations, etc... There is also a thorough description of where the concept of CoP's came from and the leaders behind it all.