@dannymaas and @Edach – The @edbookclub will resurface this fall when @kellypower & I spend a few minutes organizing it in reply to dannymaas #

@IaninSheffield Glad to hear that you are getting some excersize while listening to the podcast #

@KimMcGill @iPodLiteracy It's great you are in for #edbookclub 3! I might try reading it on the kindle app for the ipad #

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FACILITATING TEACHER PARTNERSHIPS FOR CROSS-CLASSROOM COLLABORATION

Abstract
Collaboration between classrooms, in a digital environment, was explored using
the self-identifiers of connectivity, constructivism, and collaborative comforts to
partner teachers. The research question investigated was, how might emerging
research on connectivity, constructivism and collaboration within the digital
environment inform the design of an interactive website that enhances the ways
in which teachers are able to collaborate with colleagues around the world based
on the development of a more complex partnering system? The Design as
Education Research Framework was used to implement the ‘design as research’
method and resulted in the design of the research object, an interactive website,
TeachersConnecting.com. Multiple data sources that informed the design
process were: the research object, a development journal, feedback from a
development panel, and academic literature in the field. Reflection via a virtual
convener, practical applications of connectivism and constructivism, as well as
the impact of a development panel on ‘design as research’ were described.
Cross-classroom collaboration projects were organized into a matrix that was
developed based on the comforts.

Keywords: cross-classroom collaboration, collaborative projects, design as
research, Design as Educational Research, collaborative comfort, constructivism
comfort, connectivity comfort, partnering teachers, interactive education website
design, connectivism