NING as a Teaching Platform?
I have really enjoyed my experience with all of you on Classroom 2.0, and I thought I would push myself further in my thinking by using the platform to organize my resources for a graduate class I will be teaching a number of times this summer. I will be working with teachers at all levels of tech experience, but my guess is that none of them will have used anything like this. Do any of you in my Classroom 2.0 network have any bits of wisdom to share? Here is what I have used in the past, a simple website.This is what I created in a very short time, more coming as I prep for the start of class.
Tags: NING, camp, platform, socialnetworking, teaching, tech, with
Replies to This Discussion
-
Permalink Reply by Scott McDaniel on -
Hi Meg,
I really would love any feedback you had from doing this post - Did you teach the class on Ning and how did it work? How was it recived and did you and the participants find it improved the overall quality of the instruction significantly?
-
Permalink Reply by Kevin Murphy on -
Just completed a semester of HS students using NING.. It went rather well, it was a study. Students commented on the whole process in discussions throughout the semester. We listened to podcasts about social networks and teachers using social networks, embeded every tool we could think of etc.. As with most of web 2.0 it was overwhelming for the students. They were excited yet bothered at the same time since their facebook lives were most prevalent after hours. It was a great place to hold a class yet the social outcasts were outcasted and received little contact.
WE did things like posting/embeding the MLK I a have a dream speech/video and engaging in discussion, posting/embeding a VoiceThread and sharing content, and screencasting then embedding the content back into Ning. It helped students with the neat things you can do with social networks. It kept us connected
I'd sure do it again. For what I do, a tech/web2.0 teacher it made a ton of sense. Would I teach a math class that way? perhaps.. Formerly a Foreign Language instructor, this would be useful there too.
- ‹ Previous
- 1
- …
- 3
- 4
- 5
- Next ›
Visitor Map
Support:
Classroom 2.0 is a free site. You can support the network by making a donation (any amount):You can also support us by using our Amazon search link:
Thanks to support from:
Badge
About
Follow
Awards:
© 2012 Created by Steve Hargadon.
