Wenger defines Communities of Practice as "groups of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly. She does however also define them as "formed by people who engage in a process of collective learning in a shared domain of human endeavour: a tribe learning to survive, a band of artists seeking new forms of expression…” (2007)
Prensky says that communication is a key part of education and learning, and it should be encouraged. It could be said say that Prensky's theory of education relates to Communities of Practice, in the way that there would be interaction, team work and group learning.
Prensky also said that using other technology could be used as an educational tool, could this limit levels of group learning, I would think that face to face interaction would work better that contacting each other all the time via technology
Wenger, E. (2007) in Smith, M.K., (2003, 2009) 'Communities of Practice', the encyclopedia of informal education, http://www.infed.org/biblio/communities_of_practice.htm
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Congratulations on not following the herd and seeing the two (male) theorists as saying very similar things. However, I feel your answer might have been very different if you had taken on board the righthand comments (as advised in the lecture).
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