By Robin Powell

http://www.proteacher.net

What is the Community?

This community was founded in 1999 for professional teachers and staff to connect with other teachers. It is designed for teachers working in early childhood, elementary grades K-6 and middle school. Retired teachers are also welcome to participate. This site is not intended for use for homeschooling. Even though this site is intended for teachers, it can also be used by parents and education students.

How to use ProTeacher

To enter this site you have to create a username and a password. Once you have created an account, you will be able to create your own profile. Members can also create their own blogs, create their own posts or create their own scrapbook. There are several Main Boards that have already been created that teachers can view and communicate with other teachers teaching the same grade or have the same interest.

Why its a Knowledge Community

ProTeacher Community is a way for teachers to connect using blogs and discussion boards. These Blogs are a way for teacher to express their thoughts and others can rate them and leave a comment. There are also groups that are formed to connect similar interests. Teachers are able to share ideas and lesson plans. There is also a chat function that is currently under construction. This will be a great way for teacher to communicate in real time with other teachers.

Meeting Rooms & Topics

Bluebonnet Room Reading Essentials Carnation Room Conversations about Poetry

Poppy Room PT Book Club Red Clover Room PT Biggest Losers

Forget-me-not Six Trait Writing Iris Room National board Certification

Rose Room Units of Study Sunflower Room

Magnolia Rom Responsive Classroom Approach Peony Room

Debbie Miller Violet Room Picture Books for Instruction

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This knowledge community is using new media to sustain itself because it is a internet based community where teachers can come together to share a similar interest. In the past teachers could only communicate with the teachers within the same school or district. Using this new media, teachers are able to communicate with other teachers around the world without leaving their classroom.

http://www.mibba.com/

What is the Community?

A creative site designed for young authors to share their stories and gain feedback from a growing audience.

Users can also communicate via a Message Board and are able to express their thoughts and feelings by writing journals which are posted on the site.

www.mibba.com

Mibba usses new media to read its users. They have a website where members can create an account and log in from any computer. They also use functions like chat so members can communicate with each other in real time and get an immediate response.

Why its a Knowledge Community

Mibba is a knowledge community because it is a way for authors to get feedback from other writers about their work. Members can post their work and have it critiqued. There is also a chat function that lets writers communicate with each other about topics other than specific written works.

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Mibba

http://www.internetwritingworkshop.org/

What is the Community?

The internet Writing Workshop is a set of mailing lists (groups) that communicate in English by email. This is a community where writers can submit and critique writers works. There are different categories for critiquing and discussions.

To become a member of this community, you have to be at least 18 years of age. There is a minimum age requirement because some of the posted material could be controversial or of the adult nature. Members participate in this community by submitting their works and critiquing other members works. Members are asked to spend a minimum of hour per week participating in each critiquing list they are involved in. This is just a minimum but most members spend more than this because they find this community to be very rewarding.

Why its a Knowledge Community

This is a knowledge community because it is a place where beginner writers can submit their work and get it critiqued for free by more advanced writers. The advanced writers can share their experience and expertise with writers that are just getting started.

Critiquing List
Fiction
Short Stories in all genres

Lovestory
Romance fiction from short stories to books

Non-Fiction
All forms of Non-Fiction

Novels
Chapters of novels in all genres, and memoirs.

Poetry
All forms of poetry: Classical, free verse, concrete poetry, or prose poems

Critiquing List
Practice Prose

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Writing exercises are assigned weekly. Members post their responses and critique others responses.

Breif fiction: Flash fiction, sudden fiction, micro fiction, postcard fiction, or short-short fiction.

Script
All forms of writing for performances: Theater, screen, radio, TV etc.

Yawrite
All forms of writing for children and young adults; Fiction, poetry, non-fiction, picture books, novels, etc.

Internet Writing Workshop is using new media to sustain itself because it is using the internet and internet advertising to create a writing community. Using the internet allows writers from all areas to come together. Without this new media, this would not be possible. Without the internet, writers would have to stop what they are working on, print it, and bring it to a formal discussion where everyone would meet at a location to discuss their work. This is difficult if you dont live in a community with other writers with the same interest.