What is a PLN? Why Do I Need One? - 8 views
The value I found in this article is that the author describes the additional two benefits traditional personal development cannot. They are that a PLN allows an educator to completely personalize ...
The value I found in this article is that the author describes the additional two benefits traditional personal development cannot. They are that a PLN allows an educator to completely personalize ...
Hey Terrence! You're welcome. I hope I did it right. :) It seemed logical to do things that way. Cheers! Buffy
Sánchez-Cardona, I., Sánchez-Lugo, J., & VŽlez-González, J. (2012). Exploring the Potential of Communities of Practice for Learning and Collaboration in a Higher Education Context. Procedia - Socia...
Gives a background on the development of CoP as well as a bio on the two developers of the theory - Jean Lave and Etienne Wenger. The author points out issues and implications that educators have ...
Edutopia is one of my go-to sight. Here is an article on using Twitter for professional development. http://www.edutopia.org/twitter-professional-development-technology-microblogging
Harris, S. R., & Shelswell, N. (2005). Moving beyond communities of practice in adult basic education. In D. Barton, K. Tusting, D. Barton, & K. Tusting (Eds.), Beyond Communities of Practice (pp. ...
Teeter, C., Fenton, N., Nicholson, K., Flynn, T., Kim, J., McKay, M., O'Shaughnessy, B., et al. (2011). Using Communities of Practice to Foster Faculty Development in Higher Education. From Here to...
http://www.academicjournals.org/journal/ERR/article-full-text/A3563C750067 Iyer, R. B. (2015). Blending East and West for holistic education. Educational Research and Reviews, 10(3), 244-248. My ...
http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/download/nwp_file/10905/Developing_Communities_of_Practice_in_Schools.pdf?x-r=pcfile_d The authors describe an effective teacher community as one that has been designe...
https://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr093.shtml "Education World offers food-for-thought and a few useful tools for educators faced with developing a workable AUP for their school's students." ...
Have you checked out the Boise State University Career Center's page: Skills Critical for Employability? https://career.boisestate.edu/makecollegecount/skills-critical-employability/ Not only is i...
This was a great article on Communities of Practice. This week, I have really enjoyed understanding more clearly exactly what that means. I really liked the simplicity of Wenger's definition. "they...
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This website discusses the learning theory of Lave and Wenger. This website discusses how communities of practice are a way to improve knowledge. They state, "People see [communities of practice] a...
This article helped to synthesize all of the other articles I read on PLNs. It states, "Personal Learning Networks are systems that help learners take control of and manage their own learning. This...
http://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2014/12/31/3-steps-for-building-a-professional-learning.html This was a useful article for those who wish to start developing their own Professional Learning Netw...
Hello! I appreciate that you, and the article, discuss student-directed learning. I think that emphasizing responsibility, independence, and giving students the opportunity to have control over the...
Aldoobie (2015). Technology integration and learning theory. Retrieved from http://www.aijcrnet.com/journals/Vol_5_No_6_December_2015/16.pdf - This article reflects an analysis on technology and ho...
Flowers, B. F., & Rakes, G. C. (2000). Analyses of Acceptable Use Policies Regarding the Internet in Selected K-12 Schools. Journal Of Research On Computing In Education, 32(3), 351. Description: ...
I'm sure you've been here maybe once or twice, but they have really added a lot of great resources for any educator. They have great graphic organizers, tips on classroom management, ideas for less...