RE: [xmca] ning

["Peter Smagorinsky" <smago@uga.edu>]

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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