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__**APRIL DISCUSSION QUESTIONS**__

**Chapter 3 pp. 59-82**
== **-On p. 71 the authors have listed five methods for using network learning spaces online in classrooms. Discuss how you can put each of these to work in your classroom by giving examples.** ==

**- On page 87 the following questions were asked: **
== **1) The reason that learning is changing is . . . . Answer the question "What is the reason that learning is changing?** == == **2) We really need to use learning networks because . . . Answer the question "Why do we really need to use learning networks?** == == **-Chapter 4 gives details on how to st up a Networked School. We know that project is not possible for all of you, but you can setup a Personal Learning NEtwork with teachers in your building, in your school district, in the state, and in the nation and around the world. Describe the Personal Learning Network that you have created for yourself.** ==

**Chapter 5 pp. 115 -138**
== **-In Chapter 5, the authors have listed four areas (hurdles) that school districts need to get right in order to ensure success of learning networks: 1) Money, Politics, and Technology;** **2) Technical Support; 3)School Policies; 4) Resistance to Change. Discuss each of these and how your school district is c **hanging to help support network learning. ==

Epilogue pp. 139 - 141
== -How do you think you can change from being a content specialist who dispenses knowledge as a commodity to a classroom facilitator who helps students grow the skills for their own learning through worldwide learning networks? ==