Jul
26
Thing 22: Ning in Education
July 26, 2008 | Tagged classroom_2.0 Web2.0 learning, ning, social_networking | Leave a Comment
I thought that both Ning in Education and Classroom 2.0 were really interesting. I can definitely see expanding my use of these sites as I grow more comfortable with everything we have been learning. As I try putting into effect blogging and wikis, and all the rest, I can foresee the need to communicate with other teachers about challenges and better ways of doing things. I liked how you could watch videos of conferences, much like our online conference “thing” while feeling very personal.
The Social Networks in Education wiki is phenomenal. I look forward to accessing these resources as I widen my experiences in the classroom with Web 2.0 learning. One of the sites on the list was for international collaboration with students around the world. I think that The Epstein School is an ideal environment for that kind of work. It makes the pen pal letters of our childhoods seem very small. Waiting all that time to get a response to a letter you probably forgot about.
A recurring idea for me, and this relates to social networking , is to see an interest or a task to explore and retain the focus of the task, so to avoid swimming in too much information.
