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EDU 695

Professional Learning Communities      

One component of the 21st Century Professional Development (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.  framework encourages sharing knowledge with fellow faculty, using  face-to-face, virtual and blended communications. When we think of  sharing knowledge, we often think of using professional learning  communities. In several of your courses, the concept of a professional  learning community (PLC) is presented and elaborated on. A professional  learning community consists of individuals with an interest in  education. The focus of a professional learning community can be taking  measures to ensure students learn, creating a culture of collaboration  in the school, for school improvement and more (DuFour, 2004). In this  discussion, you will deliberate about the use of professional learning  communities as they relate to the 21st Century Professional Development (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. framework with an emphasis on technology.

Initial Post: Think about the 21st Century  Professional Development framework and technology when working in your  mock professional learning community. Next, imagine your state  legislatures have asked the non-partisan Legislative Analyst’s Office to  advise them regarding the creation of a blended professional learning  community across the districts within the state. As an educator who is  well versed in employing critical thinking, problem solving and  21st-century skills in the classroom, you have been selected to  participate with a group of other teachers to inform and persuade the  Analyst’s Office of why the incorporation of technology to work  collaboratively with other teachers in the state is important.

Work with your mock PLC group to come up with a supported argument  based on personal experiences and scholarly literature in which you:

• Discuss how you could incorporate and implement the use of  technology to create a blended professional learning community across  districts within your state to share knowledge with fellow faculty on  how a deeper understanding of subject matter can actually enhance  problem solving, critical thinking, and other 21st-century skills (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..