Connect-ME: Building and Sustaining A Local, On-Line Professional Learning Community for Elementary Mathematics Educators
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Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference, 2000 ISBN 978-1-880094-37-2
Abstract
This paper discusses a World Wide Web site (Connect-ME: http://hydra.educ.queensu.ca/CM/) that is being piloted for preservice and beginning elementary mathematics teachers. It describes the year-long development of the electronic learning community and its impact on beginning teachers' beliefs and practices. The paper will focus on (a) investigating the efficacy of locally-developed and locally-managed, distributed, distance-learning communities in sustaining significant change to beginning teachers' practice and (b) assessing the impact of emerging internet technologies on beginning teachers' commitment to the basic tenets of mathematics reform. We will report on a scaleable and economically viable model for creating and sustaining a community of teachers, on the factors which facilitated its inception and the tools and resources which have maintained and enriched it.
Citation
Colgan, L., Sinclair, N. & Higginson, W. (2000). Connect-ME: Building and Sustaining A Local, On-Line Professional Learning Community for Elementary Mathematics Educators. In D. Willis, J. Price & J. Willis (Eds.), Proceedings of SITE 2000--Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 2290-2295). Waynesville, NC USA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved August 7, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/15977.
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