I have found this book helpful when thinking about communities of practice: Holland, D., W. Lachicotte, D. Skinner and C. Cain. 1998. Identity and agency in cultural worlds. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. Also, Scollon, R. (2001). Mediated discourse: The nexus of practice. London: Routledge and some chapters from Jones, R. H., & Norris, S. (2005). Discourse in action: Introducing mediated discourse analysis. London [u.a.]: Routledge. I hope this is of assistance to you. b Brian Morgan Ella Cline Shear School of Education SUNY Geneseo Geneseo, NY 14454 585-245-5149 http://www.xopc29.org (main site) E-mail is not a secu