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Salvete omnes! For today’s post I want to discuss the concept of connectivism, but first, have you ever heard of Moore’s Law? For those readers who have not, simply put, Moore’s Law states that processor speeds, or overall processing power of computers will double every two years. This statement was coined in 19 6 5 by George Moore who is one of the co-founders of Intel and is still a popular trend that can be observed among technology today. If at this point you are thinking, “well that is a neat fun fact, but what does that have to do with education?”. I’m so glad you asked because to me, a learner is like technology. We’ve all heard this saying before but I’m going to say it again now, what students are learning today, and how they are learning it, has drastically changed from when I was in school. So too has technology. Just as we have discussed before on this blog, changes in policy, the incorporation of technology in our classrooms, and the amount of informatio...