Hi Connie,
I have most recently used Ning when setting up a community for our
"digital interns". If you would like to check it out, it's available
at
http://www.digitalinterns.ca It's a very nice tool. Members can have their own space (photos,
profile, etc.) and customize the look and feel. And then, in the
common area, participants can share video, audio, photos, write blog
posts (that show up for everyone) and there is a discussion forum. All
of this can be relatively controlled by the administrator (the one
that sets it up).
Also, once you have joined one Ning group, you can use the same
account to join other Ning groups.
A great one for anyone reading this would be to join the Classroom 2.0
Ning community. It is a very dynamic community and a great example of
Ning use. Steve Hargadon (a big open source advocate) is the
individual that set it up and it has hundreds of members around the
world. It would be a great place for networking. http://www.classroom20.com/
Ning is also ad-free and free for K-12 educators. See Steve's post on
how that works.
http://www.stevehargadon.com/2007/11/big-news-from-ning-ad-free-stude...
As for wikis, you probably have some experience with them, especially
from looking out our course wiki. I won't bother talking about that to
the same detail.
I encourage anyone to either join a Ning group (like classroom 2.0, or
there are MANY others) or try setting up your own.
Good luck.
On 7-Feb-08, at 12:32 AM, Connie Cossar wrote:
> I am contemplating using either a wiki or Ning to host my final
> project. I was wondering if you have used these two tools, what you
> see as the pros and cons of using either tool. Any feedback is
> welcome. Thanks :)
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