This quote describes our role as a teacher: “If a doctor, lawyer, or dentist had 25 people in his office at one time, all of whom had different needs, and some of whom didn’t want to be there and were causing trouble, and the doctor, lawyer, or dentist, without assistance, had to treat them all [...]

A Participatory Culture is a culture with relatively low barriers to artistic expression and civic engagement, strong support for creating and sharing products/creations, and some type of informal membership whereby experienced participants pass along knowledge to novices. Forms of Participatory Culture include: Affiliations ~ Memberships, formal and informal, in online communities centered around various forms [...]