Double Journal Entry #13

1. The community of practice I am in is the education program.

2. Referring community of practice to people makes it seem like we are trying to label people and say who is in and who is out. When referring it to space, lets the people sort of float in or out of it and doesn't make it so defined.

3. The generator is the content which content would be the generator in school as well.

4. Content organization is how the content is designed or organized and an interactional organization is how people organzie their thouht, beliefs, values, actions, and social interactions. When referring content organization to school, this would be when the teacher decides how to teach the content based on the students needs and learning styles.

5. A portal is anything that gives access to the content and to ways of interacting with that content, by oneself or with other people. Textbooks would be a portal.

6. Affinity refers to the different backgrounds or lifestyles that students come from or are exposed to. Recognizing your students affinities can help you become a better teacher, you'll understand where they are coming from and how to teach them.

7. An affinity space is a space where all students should feel like they belong and this is where it supports the idea of an inclusive classroom. An inclusive classroom wants to build a sense of community. The students' affinities can help them get to know each other and see what they have in common. Also, Students as Problem Solvers would be great for letting the students work together which would also build a sense of community.

8. Tradional classrooms are more teacher centered than student centered. They do not let students build that sense of community that they need.