Using a social network - NING - to

build a professional

learning community

Andrew Robertson

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NING vs. Blogs, wikis

•NING is social - membership•NING is not a collaborative tool

(wiki), as such - but if you embed docs or voice-thread, you can share and work on projects

•Blog in NING

Security & privacy

Security & privacy

With the Community

•unlimited-paenga-tawhiti.ning.com•Low decile and low access -

community spaces, drop-in centre at Summerlands

•school calendar•forums for suggestions, parent

voice

In Learning•A central spot•Embed voice-thread•Download assignments & upload

projects•Provide resources•Create a LMS, e-portfolio•Use forums or blog element to

manage learning stories

Tagging

•There are tags for most elements, including video and photos... as with blogs, they’re a useful tool...

•School-wide and community tags - important to ask your community to tag

Photos

•Send from your mobile phone•Albums•Include in pages, blogs, forums, My

Page

Use multipleWeb 2.0 accounts

to create e-learning site

Embed to Enhance

•Web 2.0 Accounts•OpenID project•HTML/Javascript code - copy &

paste

YouTubYouTubee

GoogleGoogleCalendCalend

ararSlideshSlidesh

areare

Google Google DocsDocs

NINGNING

FlickrFlickr ZOHOZOHOAppsApps

SpringwiSpringwidgetsdgets

PollDadPollDaddydy

Voice-Voice-ThreadThread

WufooWufoo ClustrMClustrMapsaps