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The DML Research Hub released\u00a0Teaching in the Connected Learning Classroom<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>last week. This is a\u00a0report I spent much of 2013 editing and co-writing with a stellar team of National Writing Project<\/a> members. The report is free to download and read and I hope you will spend time with the powerful document.<\/p>\n Today, I published a blog post at DMLcentral that describes the reason this book exists. The original post and its comments can be accessed here<\/a>. However, as a text that helps contextualize the need for\u00a0Teaching in the Connected Learning Classroom<\/em> in 2014, I am also pasting the post below.<\/p>\n Last week saw the release of\u00a0Teaching in the Connected Learning Classroom<\/a><\/em>, a free Connected Learning report I edited. I\u2019m hoping you\u2019ll spend some time reading it \u2014 it features a plethora of powerful contributions by members of the\u00a0National Writing Project<\/a>. When you riffle throughTeaching in the Connected Learning Classroom,<\/em>\u00a0what you\u2019ll see is a series of narratives from educators from across the country sharing how they are\u00a0already<\/em>\u00a0exemplifying connected learning principles in practice in schools.<\/p>\n As educators and researchers, we often talk about the\u00a0possibilities<\/em>\u00a0of advances in learning sciences and pedagogy.<\/p>\n I think we need to move beyond the rhetoric of possibilities.<\/p>\n As you look through this report, please do so with a recognition not of what educators\u00a0can<\/em>\u00a0do in classrooms but rather of what teachers today\u00a0are<\/em>\u00a0doing in regards to connected learning. These are incredible examples of teachers\u00a0already<\/em>\u00a0transforming school life from within. We, as the DML (digital media and learning) community, must begin to visualize how we support the more-than-possibilities of in-school connected learning.<\/p>\n Briefly, I want to describe how this book came together.<\/p>\n On Aspiring to Be More Than a Broken Record<\/strong><\/p>\n Since the first DML conference, five years ago, I\u2019ve felt like something of a broken record. Each year I ask:<\/p>\n In Twitter backchannels, in presentations, and in conversations with attendees my questions haven\u2019t changed over the past, formative years for Digital Media and Learning or in regards to connected learning.<\/p>\n It was with these constantly circulating questions around what connected learning\u00a0means<\/em>\u00a0for classrooms and schools that I approached the work that ultimately turned into\u00a0Teaching in the Connected Learning Classroom<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n