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Project Based Learning's time has come. The experience of thousands of teachers across all grade levels and subject areas, backed by research, confirms that PBL is an effective and enjoyable way to learn - and develop deeper learning competencies required for success in college, career, and civic life.

The article discusses the traditional learning theories and expands on the concept of connectivism. The author explains the way students gather and retain knowledge is constantly changing and the need to connect what they learn each day is necessary.

A contrasting look at constructivism, behaviorism and cognitivism and how antiquated these principles are in education, with the introduction to technology. This article discusses the impact that technology has on education today.

This speaker does an excellent job showcasing that our students are totally capable of being part of a learning network before they can even recognize what it is they're doing. Things have changed intensely since the rise of networked connections between people. School needs to adapt and use these tools that professional educators are using to improve meeting the many "standards" that Mr. Regur talks about. "We have standards just to write standards…" We need to avoid the closed off island that is being a teacher… There is no longer an excuse to be stuck in this single-player version of education.

We all create personal learning networks in everything we do. Using this in education is extremely important so that students a) know how to connect with others, and b) know how to benefit from connecting with others. I like how he called the "teacher the most important activator".

Two is a meeting, Three is a network. Steve had some great "real" advice and reasons for why we should all join PLN for a variety of different reasons to create a stronger and more educated world.

Elearning Industry published their top statistics on the size of the digital learning and game-based learning markets as well as some of the recent trend reports on how kids and adults see these tools.

This article states that a personal learning network is a major component within digital learning. After that, the writer explains that simply "surfing the web" is not an example of a PLN, but monitoring a specific set of resources is. It then goes on to discuss how personal learning networks can help teachers use class time more effectively while giving students access to materials through the use of the internet. The article explains this with the use of a blog for a class.

This project gives students an introduction to ePals and allows them to connect with their ePals from another school. Students work to learn about other communities and cultures by discussing certain topics with their ePals and then creating digital presentations to share with their classmates.

These are my 10 Be's for creating a positive online presence and growing my Personal Learning Network

From the intro "There are some very popular tools and apps out there. We showcase a boatload of them here on Edudemic. But there's been a growing trend of figuring out how to actually integrate all these together and how to effectively use the best web tools to enhance learning in the classroom."

Wayzata Plymouth Creek Elementary School Media Center provides an extensive list of digital games that can be used in the library to help students learn and improve their library skills such as ABC order, fiction and nonfiction, the parts of a book, genres, and finding books online and on the shelf.

Introduction of Digital Connectivism and it's impact on learning. This article focuses on the impacts in English Language Teaching. It defines connectivism, states the principles, and relates it to English Language Teaching.

Connectivism breakdown from Massive Open On-line Course called Connectivism & Connected Knowledge 2011 by a learner and EFL teacher.

HSTRY is a free digital learning tool which promotes collaboration and engagement in the classroom.

This is one of my favorite sites, www.edutopia.org, and I thought this was a nice intro article to social networking in education.

While short and simple, this gives a powerful punch! By using strong language like "scary" and "criminal" it says teachers (and parents, I might add) need to show kids how to tell their own story wisely. If we block social media tools out, students will not learn!

Jaime, I like the term coined here, academic networking. It fits very nicely with the Connectivism Learning Theory.

Development of connectivist instructional tools used for college teaching. The theory can lead to learner-centered education. Instructors can step back and bring learners to the forefront. "Connectivism is the integration of principles explored by chaos, network, and complexity and self-organization theories."

I also found this article and liked it. As I read it I was trying to think of ways to apply to secondary education instead of higher education. Good work.

In the modern, digital age, technology integration has become the synergy of several classical learning theories (behaviorism, cognitivism, etc.)