Blog #1: Chapter 2
The advancements in technology have allowed humans to be able to communicate with one another on various information. With the internet, people are able to increase their own knowledge about a topic as well as help increase others too. Connected learning communities are about to help diversify our knowledge of a topic by having new ideas come to us from other people when we may have not thought about it that way before. There are three critical components to the connected learning communities model according to The Connected Educator, professional learning communities, personal learning networks, and communities of practice. The first one is professional learning communities which is about working collectively as a professional team to reach a goal. This is done by coming together and talking about what has worked and reflecting on it. Personal learning networks are for individuals to help themselves have greater professional growth and learning. These networks are created by ourselv