9.4 Consider this
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A community of practice (COP) diagram created in Padlet, titled ‘My Community of Practice (COP)’ by Sheryl Third. The diagram is centred around a photo of Sheryl Third with arrows extending to several colour-coded cards, each representing different aspects of her professional learning network.
Social Media (blue card): Reads “I am active on social media. All my accounts are sources of my PLN. My accounts are linked.” With links for LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook.
Provincial Coordinator’s Group (green card): 2x a year we meet (in person or virtually in the past 2 years) to share and learn from each other. There are representatives from most of the 26 colleges across Ontario.
Critical Friend Group (grey card): Led by Diane Kashin and Hopi Marten.
Online teaching (purple card): Our School’s Online Coordinator, OER Group, Ontario Extend.
Professional Committee Work (yellow card): Strive SWO (linked) Multiple Child care organizations sit on this advisory committee. As a member my professional learning network is strong.
Writing (white card): I started my professional BLOG in 2015 when I was on Sabbatical and traveled to Reggio Emila, Italy. This small town in Italy has influenced Early Childhood Curriculum around the world including Ontario, Canada. I have continued to write regularly about my own learning journey.
Colleagues and Support at My College (pink card): 1 – Faculty in my Program; 2 – Colleagues from my School – Community Studies; 3 – FanshaweLearns.
