EDTECH at Boise State University

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2016-02-04-robotics-and-vr-loom-on-the-higher-ed-horizon This article discusses the importance of connections between teachers and students through the use of technolog...

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started by lindsayhoyt on 11 Jun 17 no follow-up yet

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2015-09-02-hobbyists-scholars-and-their-learning-environments This article emphasizes the importance in ownership of learning with the success of the learner. What st...

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started by lindsayhoyt on 11 Jun 17 no follow-up yet

Hello EdTech 543, this is my first time using Diigo. This is my first blog post for this class.http://robblackston-edtech.blogspot.com/#EdTechSN

started by Rob Blackston on 25 Aug 17 no follow-up yet

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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started by kyledillon on 04 Sep 17 1 follow-up, last by Scott McKee on 05 Sep 17

This was a very interesting read! I was always enjoy reading articles about the reconceptualizing of formal education and I appreciate the concrete context this provided by examining some initial f...

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started by kyledillon on 04 Sep 17 1 follow-up, last by teachingjake503 on 04 Sep 17

http://education-2020.wikispaces.com/Connectivism This website provides a good overview of Connectivism. Connectivism is a theory promoted by Stephen Downes and George Siemens. It is described as ...

EDTECH543 Connectivism EdTechSN

started by joshgiudicelli on 04 Jun 18 no follow-up yet

http://www.elearnspace.org/Articles/connectivism.htm This resource goes into more detail on Connectivism. What is nice about this resources is that it also addresses the other big three learning t...

EDTECH543 Connectivism EdTechSN

started by joshgiudicelli on 04 Jun 18 no follow-up yet

https://www.teachthought.com/learning/the-difference-between-instructivism-constructivism-and-connectivism/ I liked this resource because it gives a very simple explanation as to how these three ...

EDTECH543 Connectivism EdTechSN

started by joshgiudicelli on 04 Jun 18 no follow-up yet

http://wenger-trayner.com/introduction-to-communities-of-practice/ This article does a great job explaining what a CoP is and how it is different from other communities. The article defines a Cop...

EDTECH543 Community of Practice EdTechSN

started by joshgiudicelli on 04 Jun 18 no follow-up yet

https://www.learning-theories.com/communities-of-practice-lave-and-wenger.html This article does a good job introducing what a CoP is and also identifies the importance of domain, community, and ...

EDTECH543 Communities of Practice EdTechSN CoP

started by joshgiudicelli on 04 Jun 18 no follow-up yet

Great analysis, this truly helped my understanding. In this way, my principals can CALL the monthly meetings PLC meetings (or communities of practice), but they may just be team meetings with a goa...

EDTECH543 EdTechSN Community of Practice

started by joshgiudicelli on 04 Jun 18 1 follow-up, last by jkraschnewski on 06 Jun 18

http://www.teachhub.com/what-pln-why-do-i-need-one The article gives a brief explanation as to what a PLN is and why educators need one. A PLN is a personalized network of other teachers and reso...

EDTECH543 PLN Professional Learning Network EdTechSN

started by joshgiudicelli on 04 Jun 18 no follow-up yet

This article gives the reader a simple definition to a PLN. I like the approach the author took as he wrote it. It helped to fill in some of the gaps that I have had as I was researching PLNs. Than...

EDTECH543 EdTechSN PLN Professional Learning Network

started by joshgiudicelli on 04 Jun 18 1 follow-up, last by susanbird on 06 Jun 18

I like the tip on separating personal and professional social networks. It can get to be a lot sometimes, but I have seen huge benefits in having my personal social media kept separate from my prof...

EDTECH543 EdTechSN PLN Professional Learning Network

started by joshgiudicelli on 04 Jun 18 3 follow-ups, last by nstringham on 11 Jun 18

I found this resource to be helpful in understanding a CoP more objectively. So many of the resources I found and read focus on education, which is my profession, but I think viewing CoP examples f...

EDTECH543 EdTechSN CoP Community of Practice

started by joshgiudicelli on 04 Jun 18 1 follow-up, last by wagnerang on 05 Jun 18

Great website with many great tips on apps that are appropriate for different age groups. I always find myself visiting this site. www.commonsensemedia.org #EdTechSN

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started by miljenni on 05 Jun 18 no follow-up yet

I liked this video on COPs. It shows a great example of a COP used in a real life situation. It also showed how it can be used.

EDTECH543 cop community of practice

started by miljenni on 06 Jun 18 2 follow-ups, last by naddleman on 10 Jun 18

This is via help from Pinterest and it contains images that explain connectivism. Thought it was interesting!

EDTECH543 connectivism education

started by miljenni on 06 Jun 18 1 follow-up, last by miljenni on 06 Jun 18

I like how this article explains that PLNs can allow an "educator to completely personalize their training." Teachers are always in different places based on their classroom, grade level, or school...

EDTECH543 pln personal learning network

started by miljenni on 06 Jun 18 3 follow-ups, last by barakstanley on 08 Jun 18

Great article connecting twitter to the theory of connectivism.

EDTECH543 twitter connectivism

started by miljenni on 06 Jun 18 1 follow-up, last by miljenni on 06 Jun 18