Re: [xmca] ning

[michael a evans <mae@exchange.vt.edu>]

I belong to two groups that run on Ning:

Mobile Media Learning
URL: http://www.mobilemedialearning.org/

RezEd
URL: http://www.rezed.org/

Given what I've read in terms of the needs of the folks on the list,  
and the features ning provides, there may be a match - nevertheless,  
the site admin position/responsibilities would need to be addressed...

Cheers,
Michael~
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On Jun 4, 2009, at 11:16 AM, Peter Smagorinsky wrote:

> Mike et al., I haven't registered with this ning, or Facebook, or  
> any other
> social networking website. From what I can tell they are a lot of  
> fun but
> incredibly time-consuming. I can't keep up with my current work, so  
> adding
> new social networks would really put me over the edge.
>
> For the NCTE ning, you'd have to join NCTE, I suppose, and really be
> interested in what their members like to talk about  (teaching  
> literature,
> writing, language, etc.; and these days no doubt "21st century  
> literacies"
> which are all the rage).
>
> But apparently, you can create one around anything. See http://www.ning.com/
> And as always, Wikipedia explains it all: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ning
>
> Peter Smagorinsky
> Professor of English Education and Program Coordinator
> The University of Georgia
> 125 Aderhold Hall
> Athens, GA 30602
> smago@uga.edu
> http://www.coe.uga.edu/lle/faculty/smagorinsky/index.html
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu [mailto:xmca- 
> bounces@weber.ucsd.edu] On
> Behalf Of Mike Cole
> Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 11:02 AM
> To: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity
> Subject: Re: [xmca] ning
>
> Do you recommend ning for the intended purposes
> Peter, and how does one become a member to see what it means??
> mike
>
> On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 3:03 AM, Peter Smagorinsky <smago@uga.edu>  
> wrote:
>
> > Here's one example, although you need to be a member to use it:
> > http://www.ncte.org/community
> >
> > Peter Smagorinsky
> > Professor of English Education and Program Coordinator
> > The University of Georgia
> > 125 Aderhold Hall
> > Athens, GA 30602
> > smago@uga.edu
> > http://www.coe.uga.edu/lle/faculty/smagorinsky/index.html
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu [mailto:xmca- 
> > bounces@weber.ucsd.edu] On
> > Behalf Of Helen Grimmett
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 8:17 PM
> > To: xmca@weber.ucsd.edu
> > Subject: [xmca] Re: technology for Classroom use
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've recently heard about something called a "ning", which from  
> > what I
> > can gather seems to be a way to set up your own small scale  
> > networking
> > site (like a mini facebook) for your own circle of users. It seems  
> > to me
> > this might be an ideal way for classrooms (or groups of classrooms or
> > teachers) to explore this technology and be able to share their work
> > without worrying about what else they might come into contact with on
> > facebook, myspace or youtube etc.
> >
> > I haven't investigated it fully yet, but am wondering if it might  
> > be the
> > sort of thing that will be useful for my research project on
> > professional learning. Perhaps someone else has some more infromation
> > about nings?
> >
> > Helen Grimmett
> >
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