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=Welcome to the **//Digital Learning Challenge: Tools for the Digital Age of Teaching & Learning//!**= = =

This //self-guided online learning adventure// is designed to provide an introductory //"What's out there?"// exploration of some common tools and concepts related to Web 2.0.
=== The goal of the course is to help everyone become familiar with some of the exciting, emerging Web technologies available to support professional, personal and classroom learning in the digital era! The course is, intentionally, about //play and possibility//, //exploration//, //discovery and experimentation//, rather than "doing it right." My hope is that participants will make connections and become inspired along the way. Learning is messy, and "mistakes" often lead to new understandings!===

Over the next **ten weeks**, you will complete "23 Challenges," or **doable learning activities** related to Web 2.0 tools and concepts. Each "Challenge" will introduce (or expand upon) a new tool or concept through one or more **discovery exercises**, followed by one or more **engagement tasks**. The discovery exercises are "where the learning really happens" and are necessary for you to complete each engagement task.

You will record your progress by posting to **your own blog** and elsewhere as directed. Your blog will serve as your personal learning journal, a place for you to record your experiences, frustrations, ideas, discoveries, questions and reflections. Your blog will also serve as your e-portfolio (electronic portfolio), a living artifact demonstrating your completion of the course. Participants will receive (and provide) feedback and encouragement via each others' blogs. //(Don't panic, if first graders can blog, so can you!)//


 * This course offers no formal instruction.** You will be your own mentor, with support from your colleagues and your **course coach**. You will decide when and where to complete each week's activities, and you will be responsible for "keeping up." You are encouraged to form "buddy groups" to work through the content together -- sharing, helping and encouraging each other. Throughout this “discovery learning” experience, you will likely encounter a number of small challenges. Each time you teach yourself something, find a solution or accomplish a task, you will feel empowered and be that much more tech savvy!


 * This course has been created for the faculty and staff community at The Galloway School. It is largely based off the "K12 Learning 2.0" course designed by Shelley Paul.**

===To register for the Fall 2011 course, please complete "Challenge 0" //(available September 5, 2011)//.===
 * Deadline for registration is September 18, 2011.
 * Course officially begins September 19, 2011.

Ready to learn more?
Visit the FAQ section and view a list of the 23 Digital Learning Challenges (details for each "Challenge" are published weekly as the course progresses).