Technology Blog #1

Technology Blog #1

In Chapter 2, we learned about connecting learning communities. Within that terminology, we broke apart, three different aspects of connected learning communities. This included professional learning communities, personal learning networks, and communities of practice. Breaking down three different aspects of connected learning communities allows us to understand a more intricate view of professional development in today's day and age. Professional learning communities were one of the first to be described in the chapter. A professional learning community is one that we are all very familiar with. It's a very traditional school environment, which consists of ministration and teacher teachers with students. In a professional learning community, there is only one goal and that is for students attending to succeed and learn accordingly.

The personal learning network is the second connected learning community that was broken down in Chapter 2. Both the personal learning network as well as the professional learning community are interconnected, but they are also different. The professional learning community could be looked at more so as a whole community with one goal, and that is student achievement and success. On the other hand, the personal learning network is designed more so for the teachers to break down their learning techniques and ways in which to achieve this overall goal of student success. I like to envision the personal learning network to be like a teacher committee that occurs to share ideas amongst each other that can help them work together to achieve the same goal. The personal learning network also allows each teacher to be an individual in their own space, creating their own learning experience.

Now the last connected learning community that is described in Chapter 2 is most important to me. I'm striving to become a chiropractor, and I am finishing up my major here at Stockton in health science to take the next step to chiropractic school. I met an amazing chiropractor, local, who has taken me to local seminars, and seminars in Marietta Georgia. The seminars consist of communities of chiropractors all practicing and sharing their reviews and beliefs as to how they can work independently, but also as a unit for the same purpose and service communities, share the same interests, they consider themselves to all be equal and skillful with the same talents. The chapter even states that. "none of us is as good as all of us." Lastly, they all share the same practice and serve the same purpose. This is most relatable for me, diving into the field of chiropractic. This chapter was a great place to start, and I'm excited about what the rest of this course has to offer.