Chapter 6: Building your Connected Learning Community
Chapter 6: Building your Connected Learning Community In today’s day and age, most people have access to the Internet on a 24/7 basis. “Building Your Connected Learning Community” mainly explains why it is important to network with other professional through the Internet. “Networks are where you find ideas and information to bring back to your existing communities to develop into programs, to use to create action research, and to implement in your schools” (Nussbaum-Beach, 92). Finding new people to grow ideas with and start collaborative projects can benefit almost any professional. This chapter provides the reader with tips and tricks on how to get started. For example, on of the first tips stated is this: “Establish one consistent username across all networks to build and manage your online reputation and identity” (Nussbaum-Beach, 93). For my future profession as an occupational therapist, as well as almost any health care profession, social networking will allow me to ...