Communities of Practice and Web 2.0 Tools Finding, Organizing, Evaluating and Sharing by Lauren Fee Instructional Technology Services of Central Ohio

What does mean to you?

Communities of Practice

What Why Who How 3 Characteristics Domain (Relevance) Community (Reflection) Practice (Contribution) Active participation Self-organzing/self-regulating Intention/unintentional Generates knowledge/value

3 Characteristics

Domain (Relevance)

Community (Reflection)

Practice (Contribution)

Active participation

Self-organzing/self-regulating

Intention/unintentional

Generates knowledge/value

What Why Who How We need to It’s a new age Social interaction helps construct knowledge, not just share information Galaxiki Collaborative Novel Wiki Process is the product

We need to

It’s a new age

Social interaction helps construct knowledge, not just share information

Galaxiki

Collaborative Novel Wiki

Process is the product

What Why Who How Students Teachers Administrators/ Schools Parents

Students

Teachers

Administrators/ Schools

Parents

A Moment for Reflection Are you a part of a CoP? What is it and how did you become involved? Are your students a part of a CoP? Should they be?

A Moment for Reflection

What Why Who How Find Organize Evaluate Share

Find

Organize

Evaluate

Share

How Find Organize Evaluate Share Others in your CoP Create a PLE Podcasts for PD

Others in your CoP

Create a PLE

Podcasts for PD

How Your own investigation Go2Web2.0 Office 2.0 Database Solution Watch Techcrunch MoMB eHub Read/Write web Find Organize Evaluate Share

Your own investigation

Go2Web2.0

Office 2.0 Database

Solution Watch

Techcrunch

MoMB

eHub

Read/Write web

How Social Bookmarking Community Wiki: Connected Learning Online documents Find Organize Evaluate Share

Social Bookmarking

Community Wiki: Connected Learning

Online documents

How Reflection/Role 7 Things You Should Know About Use it! Consider individual vs. community needs Find Organize Evaluate Share

Reflection/Role

7 Things You Should Know About

Use it!

Consider individual vs. community needs

How Just Start! Groups Classroom 2.0/Edu 2.0 Blogs/Wikis Podcasting Find Organize Evaluate Share

Just Start!

Groups

Classroom 2.0/Edu 2.0

Blogs/Wikis

Podcasting

How can you turn social networking technologies into richer and more meaningful communities of practice? A Final Reflection:

Thanks ! Lauren Fee [email_address] www.itsco.org www.itscoteam.org/~lauren ‘ It’s just a tool, it is what you do with it that matters!’

References http://www. ewenger .com/theory/ http: //technologyforcommunities .com/ http://www.cpsquare.org/resource_base.htm

http://www. ewenger .com/theory/

http: //technologyforcommunities .com/

http://www.cpsquare.org/resource_base.htm