I have learned a lot while investigating these various digital learning communities. This was something that I had never heard very much about, but it is very interesting. There are so many different options for different digital learning communities from music to technology to math to post-secondary education. Before you join a digital learning community, it is important that you know what you are looking for and what you are interested in learning. It is also important that you know if it is a credible learning community. That will take some research on your part.
As I was looking through the different digital learning communities, there were some things that jumped out at me. A few of the different sites did not seem very user friendly. They seemed like it would take a lot of "clicking" to find what you were looking for. There was also a couple of site that didn't seem too trustworthy. But it did seem like there are a lot of very useful learning communities.
The digital learning community that I was attracted to and decided to join is the Khan Academy. I think I was drawn to this community because I am a math teacher and this site focuses on math instruction and help. This seems like it would be fairly easy to operate. I like the fact that you begin the site with a pretest to see what you know, then skills that you have not mastered yet are added to your library of things to do. The only problem I can see with this is that if there is a student who struggles with math, this list of tasks to complete could seem quite overwhelming! But I do like the idea of the skills specifically being pointed out that still need to be mastered. I look forward to learning more about digital learning communities as I continue with the online training.
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