So it's been a couple of weeks, though it doesn't seem like it, since I've posted here. Things got so busy with the Comps and me working on my Literature Review, which has been more difficult than I had originally thought. I am putting a lot of effort into making sure that I don't make claims that I don't have evidence of with a journal citation.
As far as my PLN, I am really loving the Book Club discussion on Google Groups. I don't see any major differences between Google Groups and a discussion board on Moodle or any other site, but I guess that's the point. It definitely is a great way to facilitate discussion and I bet Google isn't blocked at most schools. Though, you do need an e-mail address to use it. Maybe public schools should think about teaming up with Google, like Fairfield University did, so that we can use Google tools more easily without having to either use personal e-mail accounts or to create a new account.
The book discussion has been great, like I said. I really enjoyed reading the book, which always makes a book club discussion better. It seems that everyone really enjoyed the book, which, again makes discussions real and interesting. I would definitely use Google Groups again for a class or for any other reason to keep a discussion going. It is also nice that it e-mails me when a new post has been added. This helps me to keep track of the postings that other people write..
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