Building professional learning communities

Ed tech blogger Will Richardson worries that too many teachers don’t have an understanding of the way technology can facilitate learning communities for teachers:

But I would still venture to guess that 75% (maybe more) of educators in this country still don’t know that they can have a network. While most of our kids are hacking away at building their own connections outside of their physical space, most of their teachers still don’t have a firm grasp of what any of it means or what he potentials are. And even for many that do know it, there are still legitimate fears and obstacles to creating professional connections online, time and technology at the forefront.

TEN user nickchatterton has started a TEN discussion on this very issue.  How do teachers begin to build a grassroots professional learning community?

Teacher Magazine is talking about it, too.

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