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Some of you participating in the connectivism conference can go into the connectivism Moodle , however some of you haven't been able to participate since the conference is closed. I have been watching with interest the phenomenal discussion that Jason Hando started about bringing connectivism to the classroom. I'd like to share with you two comments that got me thinking tonight! Practical ways to facilitate connectivism in a school classroom? by Jason Hando - Friday, 2 February 2007, 12:19 PM I am interested in finding out practical ways to adopt connectivism in the classroom [particularly under 18 year old education]. I can imagine that incorporating global projects, where students collaborate with other schools and experts in subject areas, would be one way. Are there other ideas? Re: Practical ways to facilitate connectivism in a school classroom? by Peter Clitheroe - Friday, 2 February 2007, 12:28 PM I wonder whether there is some fundamental work to be done with l...

I am so fortunate that today my planning period allowed me to attend George Siemen's Connectivism online conference where 197 people from around the world listened and chatted through George's presentation about his connectivism theories and how they relate to education. I am one of the context filters for K12 education. I am reflecting on the moodle and on my blog here on the discussions and presentation today. Here are my primary thoughts from my notes on his presentation. George gave an overview of the connectivist theory. What I got out of the discussion was many other items of discussion: The infrastructure of dreams is growing up around our feet. Visionaries have been talking about what can be done and suddenly have woken up and realized it can be done today. The institutional level has not responded to the change in infrastructure. George talked about how business has changed (somewhat) but that education has not. I would argue that businesses have a litmus test th...