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====This WIKI Page contains foundation knowledge and an opportunity for reflection. Participants are to reflect on their connectivity with technology and how the students in their classes connect to technology outside the classroom. Reflection, practice and conversation becomes valid when teachers are required to bring the two together.====

Connectivism is a learning theory designed to assist all stakeholders to be connected to each other; the content; the community. This link, a google site, provides reading and resources about this learning theory and its practice. = = Have a browse through this image (sourced from www.edudemic.com) to view some startling statistics regarding today's web based technologies:



=**The Connected Teacher**=

Five Tips for New Teachers to Become Connected Educators (from Edutopia)

**Source:** [] accessed on 19 January 2012.
An updated image and view can be found via this link: infographic - 21st Century Teacher.

Have a look at this Clip - a Trick Teacher who knows how to Hold the Class.

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Your thoughts on the "networked teacher" diagram above have been collated into the following WORDLE. Thank you for your contributions.

=**The Connected Student**=

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This video highlights many aspects that academics are trying to address regarding a student's use of technology outside the classroom and linking these skills and knowledge with the classroom. As Teachers in the 21st Century, we are acknowledging the "importance of home, peer and community" use of technology - how can we link these skills that the students already have from these environments and use in our classroom settings?

This slideshow provides another insight to the Networked Learner.

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//An Activity: Have a look at your favourite music video on-line. (Mine is here - Bon Jovi: Have a Nice Day) The link is://
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media type="youtube" key="uCg2BoKiuOM" height="315" width="420" This is testament to how young people absorb ideas and share using social media. Ideas can become "viral"!

Take a visit to SOUNDCLOUD and see what they have to offer. Here is a sample. (Yes, it is Bon Jovi mix).

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=EXTERNAL LINKS=


 * 1) http://www.ascilite.org.au/ajet/ajet26/drexler.html
 * 2) http://www.wordle.net
 * 3) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCg2BoKiuOM&ob=av2e
 * 4) http://www.edutopia.org/blog/new-teachers-becoming-connected-educators-lisa-dabbs