Thing 18

I took some time to look at Ning and also Ning in Education last night and a little after school today. I think that it has potential to be a place for teachers to collaborate but at this point Ning in Education looks pretty small to me. I joined the math group and with me it now has 6 members. I also joined the middle school group and it now has 57 groups. The middle school group has not had any activity since December so it doesn't look like there is much going on there. I have gotten more out of watching other teacher's blogs in the past few weeks that I think I would get out of being on Ning. It's like anything else of this nature though - if people use it, it becomes useful but if there are no people there it isn't. I think a school wiki would be more useful that a School specific Ning in Education. A potential problem is that it could become a place to chat or just flat our complain. Not my favorite thing to this point.