Connected+Learning+resources

[]  I The founders of the Connected learning model “propose a new approach to learning — connected learning — that is anchored in research, robust theories of learning, and the best of traditional standards, but also designed to mine the learning potential of the new social- and digital media domain and the heart of which is aimed at the following questions:  [] written by an experienced PYP teacher her posts are consistently considered and alive to the experiences of being a learner today.  [] Kathleen Morris and Simon Collier have provided a wealth of resources on this blog from how to embed Web.2 tools (with student examples) to how to notes, permission forms, criteria sheets on how to set up and maintain a classroom blog. Each fortnight Kathleen sends out an e-newsletter with ideas, reflections and resources. Amazing free professional learning.  [] Steven Anderson’s blog Web2classroom is a great resource if you have a question about using technology in the classroom.  [] - Silvia Tolisano’s blog is an amazing resource for educators. She has recently developed rubric’s for assessing and selecting Apps for learning and step by step guides for using skype and blogs in the classroom to connect students / classrooms around the world.
 * What would it mean to think of education as a responsibility of a distributed network of people and institutions, including schools, libraries, museums and online communities?
 * What would it mean to think of education as a process of guiding youths’ active participation in public life that includes civic engagement, and intellectual, social, recreational, and career-relevant pursuits?
 * How can we take advantage of the new kinds of intergenerational configurations that have formed in which youth and adults come together to work, mobilize, share, learn, and achieve together?
 * What would it mean to enlist in this effort a diverse set of stakeholders that are broader than what we traditionally think of as educational and civic institutions?” []

Here are two documents from Will’s blog and website: [] [|will_rich_web2.0_barrier] [|Will Richardson on Tech Tools for Learning]