In order to create an ideal digital learning community, clear guidelines should be established, with ground rules and modeling for postings, instructional goals, responding to posts and reflecting on these interactions. Educators need to establish reliable social bookmarking and organizational sites that will help cut down on the overwhelming number or resources that often take students down an unlimited number of sidetracked roads...Several great bookmarking sites exist that will allow students to tag and bookmark favorites for sharing with others. I love Diigo, which allows authors to annotate information on web pages where students can be directed easily to pertinent information. LiveBinders and Symbaloo do pretty much the same thing by organizing information and allowing ti to be shared. Teachers should start by connecting with others in education by following them on Twitter, check out other district sites, wikis and blogs. Normally, things that motivate and excite us will do the same for our students and their parents. Use lots of problem-based learning activities that allow students to work through multiple goals and point them to fun and engaging ways to present and organize the information. Sites like Voki, Animoto, group wikis, and google docs are ways to get the group started on creating and working in their own DLC. And as always, model some great digital learning community examples and activities from the web to get everyone engaged and motivated.
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