This may be a website many of you know about, but I can't get over how helpful it is when working on building a PLC like we currently are for our final project, or studying PLC's and how to make them effective.
http://www.allthingsplc.info/
The great part about this site is that it is so simple to use. It is broken down into three parts, so that right when you get to the site you have can figure out where you need to go.
1. There is a section called Blog and Discussions which allows you to connect with other people in PLC's and use them as resources.
2. There is a section called Evidence of Effectiveness which provides proof of how effective different PLC's across the nation are working for people.
3. And last is a section of tools. Many of us are a bit lost and don't always know where or how to start, and this section can help to provide direction when we find ourselves in that spot.
THE BEST THING ABOUT THIS SITE IS that I found a link on it to inspirational stories about high schools using PLC's, and one of the stories was about my high school in Yuma, Colorado.
http://www.allthingsplc.info/wordpress/?page_id=95
It is crazy to think that my little hometown of a few thousand people and my tiny high school popped into my grad class research, but it shows you how technology is shrinking the world!
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Mod 5 Resource
This week I found a website that is very helpful when looking at many things related to Learning communities. The website is:
http://www.ascd.org/
The first thing that stood out on this video was a video of a Learning community at work. This video was somewhat basic, but really stood out because it showed how a learning community can really help one teacher improve at something or find ways to do something that she couldn't do on her own. The link to this video is:
http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational_leadership/feb09/vol66/num05.aspx
And while this video doesn't really deal with the online side of learning communities, this website as a whole doesn't skip over this aspect. It has many articles that can be found on technology specific parts of learning communities. One article that I looked at dealt strictly with using blogs and wikis within your learning community.
http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational_leadership/feb09/vol66/num05/Learning_with_Blogs_and_Wikis.aspx
http://www.ascd.org/
The first thing that stood out on this video was a video of a Learning community at work. This video was somewhat basic, but really stood out because it showed how a learning community can really help one teacher improve at something or find ways to do something that she couldn't do on her own. The link to this video is:
http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational_leadership/feb09/vol66/num05.aspx
And while this video doesn't really deal with the online side of learning communities, this website as a whole doesn't skip over this aspect. It has many articles that can be found on technology specific parts of learning communities. One article that I looked at dealt strictly with using blogs and wikis within your learning community.
http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational_leadership/feb09/vol66/num05/Learning_with_Blogs_and_Wikis.aspx
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Mod #4 post
www.hiceducation.org/Edu_Proceedings/Roy%20Tamashiro.pdf
This week I actually found an article that I feel relates to the reading. As this week we deal with the online community, I started to think aboutd the conversations I hear at work and among my friends regarding online learning. I know that many people feel there are some serious downsides to online learning, while many people such as myself feel the positives outweigh the negatives. This article is detailed research regarding those pros and cons. It goes into detail about not only the student perspective, but also what teachers are feeling about online courses.
This week I actually found an article that I feel relates to the reading. As this week we deal with the online community, I started to think aboutd the conversations I hear at work and among my friends regarding online learning. I know that many people feel there are some serious downsides to online learning, while many people such as myself feel the positives outweigh the negatives. This article is detailed research regarding those pros and cons. It goes into detail about not only the student perspective, but also what teachers are feeling about online courses.
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