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Sue Waters just posted this topic on her blog and I thought I would share...helloo.....
I saw myself as a serial joiner after reading Sue's article
http://aquaculturepda.edublogs.org/2009/01/28/dealing-with-naughty-ning-neglect/

Recently I was asked to contribute a writing stategy that I use in the classroom to a faculty meeting. I knew that I wanted to highlight the work my students had done on wiki's blogs and now our classroom ning.

I also knew that being the art teacher put me on the fringe of credibility(dont worry its been going on for years) and I really wanted to find some research to back me up. My students were learning important things-not just 6 traits writing skills- this was bigger.

Finally I stumbled up… Continue

Started a Ning with my multimedia class last week, I'm so excited, I think its starting to work. Today everyone started in on the posts right away without prompting, some are working on avatars and personal pages, uploading their photos, HOORAY!
Check us out @ http://multi2.ning.com/

This holiday I gave my multimedia class the assignment to create and interview video using their small cameras with a movie setting or making a podcast. They are to interview the oldest person at their Thanksgiving dinner and ask 3 questions.

I have the entire assignment on our class blog along with the how to directions on Gcast. This is a bunch of fun and very easy to do.

The links are: http://wpmu.esu13.org/adarling… Continue

Hi,
I am a follower of Liz Davis' Power of Educational Technology Blog. This week she has included information about a K-12 Online conference for teachers interested in using web 2.0 tools in the classrooms, and it is free! Here is the link to her blog post. http://edtechpower.blogspot.com/2008/10/mark-your-calendars-for-k12-online.html.