What a good idea! Nings could be used in a variety of ways in education, and since kids love Facebook and MySpace, they should really buy into using a Ning sponsored by a teacher, coach, club sponsor, etc.
At first I thought that the most successful application of class Nings would be in college, or maybe in upper level high school classes. But then I thought about how many of my own students have requested to "friend" me on Facebook, something that is strictly forbidden in my personal Facebook rules. So I decided to try out using a Ning this coming year. I'm not sure exactly how I'll use it yet, or if my students will even be interested (since so few of them ever visit my school web page), but I've set up a Ning account and will work on the page over the next few days. Who knows, it might never be visited, or I might decide it's folly and delete it before it ever gets started. Guess we'll see....
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