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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 > > _______________________________________________ > xmca mailing list > xmca@weber.ucsd.edu > http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca > _______________________________________________ xmca mailing list xmca@weber.ucsd.edu http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca _______________________________________________ xmca mailing list xmca@weber.ucsd.edu http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca