Group items tagged community - Learning&Technology

shared by jeffery heil on 19 Aug 11 - Cached

Note that this definition allows for, but does not assume, intentionality: learning can be the reason the community comes together or an incidental outcome of member's interactions. Not everything called a community is a community of practice. A neighborhood for instance, is often called a community, but is usually not a community of practice
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shared by jeffery heil on 06 Sep 11 - No Cached

Blogging Teachers competent in WordPress, Blogger, Tumblr and other free, popular blogging platforms have an excellent (and paperless!) tool at their disposal
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Social media: Social media doesn’t have to worm its way into assignments to prove itself educationally valuable. Sites such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn burst with teachers and other academic professionals chattering about ideas, strategies, resources and tools.
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Interclassroom communication: More and more, teachers turn to Skype, Cisco and other communication tools to connect with other schools worldwide. Why set up international pen pals when technology allows kids to interact almost literally face to face?
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Cultural literacy: Cultural literacy has always been a desired skill in teachers abroad and living in multiethnic domestic regions.
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Socratic seminar:
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Community engagement:
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Information literacy: Seeing as how information literacy is considered integral to student success, schools have little use for teachers without the relevant skills.
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Networking: A networking teacher is, ostensibly, an open teacher.
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shared by Sherilyn Crawford on 03 Nov 11 - No Cached