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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] || This page talks about incorporating informal learning through the use of participatory media such as blogs and wikis. || Victor E ||
 * Informal Learning Ideas || This website offers many ideas on what to provide on hand-held learning devices that promotes informal learning in the classroom. He has it organized by the many different hand-held devices and the apps or lessons associated with them. || Jen H ||
 * More Informal Learning Ideas || This website gives 7 strategies that will promote informal learning in the classroom. I really liked the idea that centers are one way of informal learning that may be done in the classroom. || Jen H ||
 * [|informal learning at undergraduate level] || As a secondary teacher, I feel that it is necessary to prepare students for their college experience. This website considers the value of out-of-classroom learning, conditions that promote such informal learning, how administrators, professors, and students can work together to link formal and informal learning. || Pat M ||
 * [|Informal learning in the science classroom] || This is a link to a blog post on //The Art of Teaching Science// website. Citing John Dewey's use of the term "non-school learning" the author (Jack Hassard) espouses the advantages ofallowing students to choose their subject matter and work collaboratively to discover the relevance of the content. There are numerous links to other sites on informal learning and even a link to read the book //Learning Science in Informal Environments: People, Places, and Pursuits// for free //embedded in this website.// || Pat M ||
 * Informal learning ideas || This website gives ideas on how to incorporate interactive learning activities in the classroom. One example it gives is taking the classroom outside and using the outdoors as a classroom with informal learning opportunities. || SharonD ||
 * Informal learning ideas || This website addresses three types of peer teaching/tutoring. Reading PALS is one example that could be particularly useful in the elementary classroom. || SharonD ||
 * [|Informal Learning with Technology] || This link contains an interview in which the interviewee discusses the ways technology can be incorporated into the learning of the Net Geners that make up today's classroom. || Victor E ||