Schlager and Fusco: Teacher PD, Tech and CoPs

Wednesday, 16 December 2009, 16:18 | Category : Education Technology
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Schlager, M. S., & Fusco, J. (2003). Teacher Professional Development, Technology, and Communities of Practice: Are We Putting the Cart Before the Horse? The Information Society, 19, 203. doi: 10.1080/01972240390210046 Mark Schlager is the co- founder of TAPPED IN an online community of practice established in 1997.  Judith Fusco is the project co-director and community [...]

The ‘New’ Science of Networks

Wednesday, 16 December 2009, 8:37 | Category : Education Technology
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Penuel, W. R., & Riel, M. (2007). The ‘New’ Science of Networks and the Challenge of School Change. The Phi Delta Kappan, 88(8), 611-615. Penuel and Riel utilize social network analysis to take a hard look at school leadership and teacher communities of practice.  They also discuss the way information moves about and within a [...]