Welcome to the AALPD
Communities of Practice (CoP)
Wiki!
The AALPD is developing this CoP portal to online tools for building Professional Development Communities of Practice.
As Etienne Wenger explains on his Communities of Practice website, "Communities of practice are formed by people who engage in a process of collective learning in a shared domain of human endeavor: a tribe learning to survive, a band of artists seeking new forms of expression, a group of engineers working on similar problems, a clique of pupils defining their identity in the school, a network of surgeons exploring novel techniques, a gathering of first-time managers helping each other cope.
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Communities of practice are groups of people who share a
concern or a passion for something they do and learn
how to do it better as they interact regularly."
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This portal will provide AALPD members with access to resources such as wikis, discussion boards, file sharing websites, Web and phone conferencing tools and social networking sites. This is an effort from the AALPD to provide members with tools they can begin using now to collaborate on professional development issues important to them, without having to spend hours searching for the right resource.
Let's use this page to begin organizing our topics for the AALPD CoP Portal. If you're new to using Wikis, you might want to view the informational videoclip found at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dnL00TdmLY
For a GREAT start on your individual topics, take a look at:
http://www.go2web20.net/ - this is a HUGE directory of all things Web2.0!
START ADDING YOUR RESOURCES NOW!
When you're ready, simply click on one of the Resources below and share with us what you've found to be helpful.
We're building each of these pages, so be sure and add to as many of these resources as you can.
We're looking to build up each of these pages with resources to help our colleagues find the right tools for developing their Communities of Practice. Once you've chosen your topic, you will be able to click on that page and begin adding to that page.
When researching and adding an item to each category, please include the following:
Resource Name:
Cost (if applicable):
Website address:
Overview:
Free help:
1. Learn how to use PBwiki: The PBwiki Manual
2. If you prefer video, watch a recording of our popular webinar, PBwiki 101: Your Guide to Wiki Basics.
3. Need more help? Sign up for a Free introductory webinar
I'm sure we've missed a category, so PLEASE feel free to add Categories as we find them.
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