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 * Group B:** from your web quest find as many articles or postings on using Informal Learning Strategies in the Classroom. Provide a brief 1-2 sentence description of the contents of each link.

It also compares different types of learning. || GinnyS ||
 * **Link** || **Description** || **Posted by** ||
 * Informal learning || This page describes the importance and the recent interest in informal learning.
 * [|Informal Learning at a Glance] || This is a publication that discusses formal, informal, and non-formal learning in great depth. It explains and gives examples of each of these types and disucsses how these learning concepts can be carried over into the work force. Since they offer a lot of ideas for the workforce, many of the ideas can be applied to the classroom. || Courtney H. ||
 * [|When to Use Informal Learning] || This website/article discusses how and when to use informal learning. It also offers ideas for using technology with informal learning. || Courtney H. ||
 * [|Coaching Informal Learning] || This is a post in a learning journal that informal learners someone to "coach" them with their learning needs and finding what processes the can use to learn. It talks about how a learning coach keeps the learner on the correct goals and helps that learner find the materials and information they need. || Travis N. ||
 * [|Breathing Life Into an Informal Learning Strategy] || This is another post about the importance of the human element in informal learning. This post grabbed my attention after a discussion in one of my classes last week when the students brought up the fact that they don't want a computer to teach them; that they still want somebody there who can answer questions and show them mistakes. || Travis N. ||
 * SelfDirectedLearning.Com || This site supoorts self-directed learning (SDL) and becoming a self-directed person. || Jo Ann N ||
 * ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES FOR SELF DIRECTED LEARNING || This is PPT presentation which discusses the characteristics of self-directed learners and also provides various methods of assessing the self-directed learner. You may have to click on the "click here" to download the PPT manually in order to view it. || Jo Ann N ||
 * [|Informal Learning Article] || This article disects where informal learning happens. There are many arenas for informal learning and technology components compromise a lot of the tools in informal learning. || Steve Baker ||
 * media type="youtube" key="t7o3qaGj3OM?fs=1" height="385" width="480" || I hope a video is o.k! This scholars views on informal learning in the workplace can be applied to the classroom and working with colleagues as well. || Steven Baker ||
 * [|Web 2.0 A Practical Application] || This site is a presentation on Web2.0 that also includes slides about (and examples of) informal learning. || Traci S ||
 * [|Mobile City and Language Guides - New Links Between Formal and Informal Learning Environments] || This site describes using mobile phones for formal and informal learning specifically for in the use of geotagging for secondary language acquisition. || Traci S ||
 * [|Wherever You Are: There You Can Learn; Mobile Devices for Informal and Lifelong Learning] || This site also describes using mobile devices for informal learning. || Traci S ||
 * [|Informal online networks for learning: Making use of incidental learning through recreation] || This article lists several on-line informal networks for learning and recreation. || Traci S ||
 * [|ePortfolios – Empower Your Learning] || This article provides a thorough explanation of e-portfolios and their use in informal learning. || Traci S ||