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This is a collection of four short essays by Etienne Wenger from April 2009. Here he explores the role of an initiative of the European Social Fund. While many projects and solutions came out of this initiative, he states that it is the invisible scenes behind the projects that may be the biggest accomplishment. Wenger reiterates that more and more people are understanding the power of the learning shift from formal to informal, but more examples need to be studied as well. Interesting read.

This nonprofit site not only provides information on international heroes for students, but it also requests student reporters. Reports can be written or videos can be created. Pictures can also be uploaded.

Ashley Leneway Week 2, Link 2

This website is designed to teach about heroes and humanity. People can submit essays, art or films they have created about a hero of their choosing.

This looks like it could be a good tutorial for writing essays. There is also a ParagraphPunch.

essay giving a number of examples of communities of practice for a freshman audience

This website looks at the role communities of practice has with the transfer of knowledge. It also looks at the role of the facilitator has with a CoP. This is a good source to use as an individual is looking at setting up their first CoP.

Dozens of online tools that students can use to organize and summarize their thoughts. Venn diagrams, essay maps, and other "visualizations" are provided.

This article focuses on how WeBlogs can enhance the learning networks. Weblogs help students journal and write about a variety of topics. It can be in the form of a journal or a short essay.

A teacher at West Lake High School in Austin is finding that student use of social media is improving their writing skills. Students are posting essays on blogs and sharing them out through Twitter.

This essay makes an argument that organizations need to include social learning systems, such as communities of practice, in order to achieve success. The author explains social learning and explains why communities of practice are beneficial.

This article looks at communities of practice from different sections of a community such as individuals and organizations. The article starts with a social definition of learning and then takes a deep look at the structure of communities of practice and social learning networks.

create speaking avatars as a learning tool and post them to any blog, website, or profile

Voki allows students to type up paragraphs or essays. Then their Voki avatar will read it back to them. Students will be able to detect errors in their writing by hearing it read aloud to them.