On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 juan wrote:
> Hi
>
> I´d like to know about what has happened with the ideas you wrote in the article "making group-forming ridiculously easy", sice it was written some time ago, i think maybe some of them has come real.
>
> I live in Perú, and i´m very interested in the blogosphere thing, and how to develop it here. We´re not so many bloggers but there is a litle group with aims to make things. Our common sites are http://www.blogsperu.com y http://www.blogsperu.org, and in the near future they´ll be just one site.
>
> sorry for bad written things, but i don´t speak english, just Castellano (Español). (but i do read english).
>
> thanx for the answer, by
>
> Juan Arellano
>
> http://arellano.bloxus.com
> http://arellanos.blogspot.com
Hi Juan,
Wonderful things happened since I wrote this. A guy in New Zealand,
Phillip Pearson, built a site to make the ideas real. It is at
http://topicexchange.com
Many groups have been created on the exchange. Some of the most active are
in Spanish:
http://topicexchange.com/t/directorio_blogs_hispanos/
http://topicexchange.com/t/bitacoras/
If you want to create one to collect Peru-related posts, you are very
welcome! Also add it to the list at
http://topicexchange.com/wiki.pl?WorldWide
I've written a "scientific" article on this experiment (pdf, 500k).
One of the things that are missing is an automatic way to enable blog tools
without trackback to participate. I've just got an idea that I might try,
based on a recent experiment done at NMC 2004.
My brother went to Peru last year. He thought you guys are very cool.
Cheers
Sébastien
Saturday, June 26, 2004
Re: Help regarding study on community of practice
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 19:54:38 -0400 (EDT)
From: Sebastien Paquet
To: Albert Delgado
Subject: Re: Help regarding study on community of practice
On Sat, 26 Jun 2004, Albert Delgado wrote:
> Seb,
>
>
> Al, Can I put your query and my answer on my public mailbox?
>
> Sure!
>
> Here is my new question. I am out here in Washingtons state at a
professional writing retreat.
>
> How can online communication and publishing tools support and extend the
> conversion of teachers involved in Communities of Practice.
If by conversion you mean conversation, I guess the #1 thing is that it makes previously isolated efforts visible to one another, enabling a stronger network to emerge where more good and relevant ideas can reach any participant with very little additional investment.
Seb
PS Can I assume I can publish Q&As like these in the future, unless you
indicate otherwise?
From: Sebastien Paquet
To: Albert Delgado
Subject: Re: Help regarding study on community of practice
On Sat, 26 Jun 2004, Albert Delgado wrote:
> Seb,
>
>
> Al, Can I put your query and my answer on my public mailbox?
>
> Sure!
>
> Here is my new question. I am out here in Washingtons state at a
professional writing retreat.
>
> How can online communication and publishing tools support and extend the
> conversion of teachers involved in Communities of Practice.
If by conversion you mean conversation, I guess the #1 thing is that it makes previously isolated efforts visible to one another, enabling a stronger network to emerge where more good and relevant ideas can reach any participant with very little additional investment.
Seb
PS Can I assume I can publish Q&As like these in the future, unless you
indicate otherwise?
Saturday, June 12, 2004
Communities of practice for educators (Al Delgado)
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 21:16:19 -0500
From: Albert Delgado
To: Sebastien Paquet
Subject: Help regarding study on community of practice
Hello Seb,
I was wondering if you could lead me to some resources in
regards to communities of practice among educators. We are six
elementary school teachers at one school and 5 professors .
My basic study is the development of a community of practice
around a Teacher action research group(s). The group is
looking at ESL Student Discourse development. We officially
start in September.
Second, to see if web services such as a blog, wiki and scout
portal toolkit, IM will support the community in its mission
over time.
I am looking at the history of of inquiry at our school among
educators.
I have set up a blog at http://www.learningcommons.net and
http://www.learningcommons.net/discourse/
I will have to "show" and "sell" the benefits of using
disruptive technology.
Any suggestions regarding communities of practice and
disruptive technology to enhance the work of said groups would
be very welcome.
Al
Al:
I know little on CoPs among educators. I don't think they're very
widespread, though they ought to. I'd say the Edblogosphere is one of the
most visible. In Higher Ed there are http://www.aahe.org/cop.htm
This should help -
http://web.archive.org/web/20030608211506/http://webtools.cityu.edu.hk/news/newslett/onlinecomm.htm
> My basic study is the development of a community of practice around a
> Teacher action research group(s). The group is looking at ESL Student
> Discourse development. We officially start in September.
Sounds like jargon to me. :)
> Second, to see if web services such as a blog, wiki and scout portal
> toolkit, IM will support the community in its mission over time.
For sure, as long as the educators are not afraid to try them... an IRC
channel could be fun too. If they're not very techy a mailing list might
be more likely to have high participation. If using a blog at least you
need email updates. you can use a wiki as a repository of the useful
stuff. Publicise the wiki regularly on the list.
http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/community/MailingListThenWiki
> I am looking at the history of of inquiry at our school among educators.
> I have set up a blog at http://www.learningcommons.net and
> http://www.learningcommons.net/discourse/
>
> I will have to "show" and "sell" the benefits of using disruptive
> technology.
To funders or teachers? It's a very different sale.
> Any suggestions regarding communities of practice and disruptive
> technology to enhance the work of said groups would be very welcome.
The wwwtools backlog is the single best thing I could think of to sell to
funders. For teachers you'd need conversation and live demos. My 2c.
http://web.archive.org/web/20040626115438/http://webtools.cityu.edu.hk/news/newslett/
Cheers, sorry for the late response
Seb
From: Albert Delgado
To: Sebastien Paquet
Subject: Help regarding study on community of practice
Hello Seb,
I was wondering if you could lead me to some resources in
regards to communities of practice among educators. We are six
elementary school teachers at one school and 5 professors .
My basic study is the development of a community of practice
around a Teacher action research group(s). The group is
looking at ESL Student Discourse development. We officially
start in September.
Second, to see if web services such as a blog, wiki and scout
portal toolkit, IM will support the community in its mission
over time.
I am looking at the history of of inquiry at our school among
educators.
I have set up a blog at http://www.learningcommons.net and
http://www.learningcommons.net/discourse/
I will have to "show" and "sell" the benefits of using
disruptive technology.
Any suggestions regarding communities of practice and
disruptive technology to enhance the work of said groups would
be very welcome.
Al
Al:
I know little on CoPs among educators. I don't think they're very
widespread, though they ought to. I'd say the Edblogosphere is one of the
most visible. In Higher Ed there are http://www.aahe.org/cop.htm
This should help -
http://web.archive.org/web/20030608211506/http://webtools.cityu.edu.hk/news/newslett/onlinecomm.htm
> My basic study is the development of a community of practice around a
> Teacher action research group(s). The group is looking at ESL Student
> Discourse development. We officially start in September.
Sounds like jargon to me. :)
> Second, to see if web services such as a blog, wiki and scout portal
> toolkit, IM will support the community in its mission over time.
For sure, as long as the educators are not afraid to try them... an IRC
channel could be fun too. If they're not very techy a mailing list might
be more likely to have high participation. If using a blog at least you
need email updates. you can use a wiki as a repository of the useful
stuff. Publicise the wiki regularly on the list.
http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/community/MailingListThenWiki
> I am looking at the history of of inquiry at our school among educators.
> I have set up a blog at http://www.learningcommons.net and
> http://www.learningcommons.net/discourse/
>
> I will have to "show" and "sell" the benefits of using disruptive
> technology.
To funders or teachers? It's a very different sale.
> Any suggestions regarding communities of practice and disruptive
> technology to enhance the work of said groups would be very welcome.
The wwwtools backlog is the single best thing I could think of to sell to
funders. For teachers you'd need conversation and live demos. My 2c.
http://web.archive.org/web/20040626115438/http://webtools.cityu.edu.hk/news/newslett/
Cheers, sorry for the late response
Seb
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