 less time doing all the work themselves! They now have time to discover the thought of making it all a reality in the classroom.
- Putting Into Practice: Many times educators find outstanding material but seem to save it for someday. Sooner or later, they try a resource or tool from their learning community in their classroom. The “WOW Factor” re-ignites them and the fruits of labor can be seen. Maybe it is time to share the success or contribute a resource to their learning community.
- Paying Ahead To Others: It might just be fun to share, comment, author, and contribute. After all, if one gives back a little so much more is discovered… especially with the help of that awesome learning community. In fact, the educator has now taken one step closer to being a fully certified contributing member!
- Entering The Super Highway: This process just might take a while, and perhaps someone decides to hang out at one of these stages for a while. That really is OK! Once the two way street of collaboration begins, the opportunity to transform it into a super highway of learning becomes a possibility! It really is life on the road that is both the process and the reward. Educators will indeed discover some neat destinations and people along the way
- Thinking Like A Living Museum … And – The day comes when one cannot find that awesome resource they bookmarked or placed somewhere. Perhaps it is time to take a new journey into learning communities and discover the ultimate ways to curate their resources. “The WOW Factor” returns when they find that curation, collaboration, and discovery can all fit together using some awesome new Web 2.0 tools.More on this in a later blog in November.
Did I mention that there is another possible step?…. The realization that my students could do this!… “WOW!” …
That’s a little bit of the next post!
I hope you enjoyed this opportunity to define and reflect on learning communities. Join me in the next post as together we explore learning community development with five simple steps, along with close to 50 links, bringing you hundreds of valuable resources.. It is a post you will not want to miss! I enjoy learning from all of you. Also, remember to subscribe to this blog by RSS or email and follow me on twitter at mjgormans. I also appreciate your sharing of this post and any retweets. Thank you so much for being a part of my learning community Keep up the wonderful work and enjoy the amazing world of 21st century learning. Welcome to the Future! – Mike Gorman (https://21centuryedtech.wordpress.com)