CoPI+History

= = = = HISTORY

 The communities of practice focused on the alignment of online content with the Iowa Core Curriculum in the areas of Math, English Language Arts, Science and Social Studies. This professional development was facilitated by Etienne Wenger.
 * ARRA Ed Tech Grant pilot
 * 40 Teachers Each - Math, Science, Social Studies, Language Arts
 * Initial Course for Collaboration
 * End of funding… Beginning of the Ramp-up

“This approach is not merely to provide training to teachers, but to cultivate four discipline-based communities of practice through which pioneering teachers help each other develop practice to implement the new pedagogy in their own day to day work. These communities of practice provide a space for social learning during the pilot and a foundation for scaling up within these disciplines and to new ones.” ** Etienne Wenger  ** [|http://www.ewenger.com] Link to original 2011 Iowa CoPI Homepage and work with [|Etienne Wenger and Bev Trayner]