Collaborative Communities

As I stated on the discussion board, I openly admit that I am a digital immigrant. In my response to the articles about the digital kids in today's classroom, I also spoke of building a bridge from the 20th century classroom to the 21st century learner. As a result of these two ideas, I've been doing a lot of searching on the internet and recently read an article entitled "Teaching Teachers to Track Tech Tips" by Nanette I. Marcum-Dietrich published at techlearning.com. In the article it speaks of building "collaborative communities" between both colleagues and students. While many of us are probably already doing this, I thought it could be something that we start amongst ourselves as students in the LEED 6820 class. The class seems to be a mix of digital natives, immigrants, and even nomads! My tech tip of the week is to visit education-world.com and check out the Tech in the Classroom section. Here you will find many ideas for incorporating technology into the classroom and even the "Technology Lesson Plan of the Week". While I may be an immigrant in the world of technology, there is no need to reinvent the wheel, and I hope to not only build a bridge but a technological community!