What is a Community of Practice? - 5 views
Great read. I especially like the part about "active participation" in a community. This seems a powerful learning theory - my students are always worried about their identity within their communit...
Great read. I especially like the part about "active participation" in a community. This seems a powerful learning theory - my students are always worried about their identity within their communit...
Great article connecting twitter to the theory of connectivism.
This is via help from Pinterest and it contains images that explain connectivism. Thought it was interesting!
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
Hi, everyone, My name is Barak Stanley, and I just joined this group. I went to a seminar by Rick Morris that discussed including music into everyday classroom routines. It has changed my te...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
Hi, I just joined this group. One of my go-to sites lately has been this one: http://www.p21.org/our-work/4cs-research-series There is a lot of talk lately in my work circle about the 4Cs: Collab...
I enjoyed this brief article (with an accompanying report) about a study of online enrollment numbers: https://onlinelearningconsortium.org/news_item/report-one-four-students-enrolled-online-co...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yx5VHpaW8sQ In this video, Dr. Siemens provides a brief overview of the topic of connectivism. Siemens asserts that knowledge is a networked product, meaning that i...
http://www.kstoolkit.org/Communities+of+Practice This wikispace provides a comprehensive overview of Communities of Practice. There are several links and connected resources that provide backgroun...
This PLN overview video provides a brief definition of PLNs and some ideas for getting started. https://youtu.be/Ju54C5A3RCw The video was helpful, but I also found the connected blog post to be...
http://www.innovativelearning.com/teaching/communities_of_practice.html This webpage provides a helpful overview of Communities of Practice and the distinctions between CoPs and teams. It also pro...
This is such a great resource. Have you seen Tween Tribune from the Smithsonian? They have a similar concept though the content coverage is a bit more limited. That being said, it's also totally fr...
This is one of my favorite places to get timely (and free) informational text pieces to use with younger readers. Much like NewsELA, the site gives teachers the flexibility to adjust the Lexile lev...