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Why I'm leaving Ning

Started this discussion. Last reply by Juan Pablo Velez Barragan May 17, 2010. 6 Replies

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Started this discussion. Last reply by Cameron Foster Apr 18, 2009. 3 Replies

 

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Cameron Foster replied to Peter Lane's discussion 'What do you know about the site GROU.PS?'
I've moved there with my students and I reckon it's much better. I wrote a forum post about this called "Why I've left Ning' a few days ago if you want to check it out.
May 20, 2010
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Juan Pablo Velez Barragan replied to Cameron Foster's discussion 'Why I'm leaving Ning'
that being said, grou.ps is still in beta. any chance of substantive changes (in either usability or pricing)? thoughts?
May 17, 2010
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Matt Perreault replied to Cameron Foster's discussion 'Why I'm leaving Ning'
Has there been a movement to migrate this NING to another platform?
May 17, 2010
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Anthony VonBank replied to Cameron Foster's discussion 'Why I'm leaving Ning'
I would ditto everything this user has mentioned. I used it, pushed it, loved it, and now I started GROU.PS, and pretty happy with it... NING is going to regret this, I bet... GROU.PS usership is increasing rapidly...
May 17, 2010
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Juan Pablo Velez Barragan replied to Cameron Foster's discussion 'Why I'm leaving Ning'
just took a look at grou.ps (the site recommended by Cameron...thank you very much) and it looks great. in the registration, there seems to be an option to "migrate a ning network". I'm not sure exactly what that means (content?…
May 17, 2010
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Amanda Kenuam replied to Cameron Foster's discussion 'Why I'm leaving Ning'
These WERE the Days of Our Ning | http://ow.ly/1LZ7B I'll have to check out grou.ps - never heard of it! Thanks for the heads up.
May 17, 2010
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MariaD replied to Cameron Foster's discussion 'Why I'm leaving Ning'
I see one good thing coming from the whole Ning experiences: people are pushed to become more nomadic and to use web as a platform, rather than clinging to the old "private property" (spatial) thinking. It's more like living out of an…
May 17, 2010
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Why I'm leaving Ning

Hi Colleagues,Like many of you I started a few nings.  It was exciting; a safe (well.....don't look at the ads), closed easy to use space that was infinitely customisable.  And the cost? Free!I got my entire school staff into it and they used it to share ideas, jokes schedule meetings - all the stuff you'd imagine an online faculty room to look like.  I also got students travelling to Japan with our school to form a Ning - a place of discussion about homestays, food and preparations.All…See More
Discussion posted by Cameron Foster May 17, 2010
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Cameron Foster replied to Juan Pablo Velez Barragan's discussion 'Ideas for Web 2.0 language lessons?'
have you seen lingt?
May 6, 2010
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Cameron Foster replied to Juan Pablo Velez Barragan's discussion 'Fun Ideas for Foreign Language Classes'
We used a digital video camera - but I don't think it would have mattered. In terms of learning outcomes and outputs, I thought it was great. I actually didn't 'teach' at all. The kids had to go to the new unit we were about to…
May 6, 2010
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Cameron Foster replied to Juan Pablo Velez Barragan's discussion 'Fun Ideas for Foreign Language Classes'
This is a low-tech, high-tech exercise I used: I had my year 8 students make videos explaining grammar points for another year 8 class and vice-versa.
May 6, 2010
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Cameron Foster replied to Jeff Kohls's discussion 'Global Terrorism Simulation'
Geoffrey Robertson QC has an excellent 'hypothetical' for Terrorism. I adapted it and ran it with Year 9/10 - A great result - forced them to consider the decision making process, racial profiling etc in terrorism.
May 4, 2010
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Cameron Foster replied to Joan Pearson's discussion 'No more free Ning!!!'
Great result, Steve. Fingers crossed!
Apr 21, 2010
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Cameron Foster replied to Cliff Lee's discussion 'What do teachers have to pay out-of-pocket?'
A tough and ongoing issue - at the heart of which, I reckon is the problem that teachers are mugs. We want to do what we do so much that we often pay to do our job. Govs are blind to the real costs of education because educators themselves…
Feb 25, 2010

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Posted on April 26, 2009 at 9:14pm 0 Comments

Well, it is all done now. Now onto term 2!

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At 4:59pm on April 30, 2009, KevKev said…
Read your latest blog. I hope you don't give up. I really feel like this is cutting edge stuff that pioneers always face failure!

I completely agree with the bang for the buck worry though. I put a ton into my game as well and the measurable results are minimal at best. I really do feel like the immeasurable ones make it fully worthwhile. My kids had a blast and I had a blast with them.
At 2:39pm on February 20, 2009, Jonathan NalderJonathan Nalder said…
Hi Cameron - was fascinated to read about your use of the iTouch for Japanese teaching - seems a huge area. I'd like to ask if you'd beinterested insharing sme details of what you do for a paper I'm hopeing to submit to the Apple University Consortium conference this year - a paper detailing iPod Touch and iPhone use in education around Australia. If you have time in the next two weeks, could you respond to the following format? Many thanks, Jonathan

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WHO: (Your name, title etc)

WHERE: (Where you're based, school, admin etc)

WHAT: (fill out all if relevant)
A. Educator-focused - how (what apps in what ways) etc are you using the platform to enhance your role in provding education

B. Student-focused - how (what apps in what ways) etc are you using the platform to enhance student learning
C. Are any of these uses utilising wireless connectivity - wifi, txting, internet, wireless collaboration etc.

WHY: (any thoughts on the strengths/ weaknesses of the platform - why you personally use it)

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At 12:39pm on February 17, 2009, Anne MirtschinAnne Mirtschin said…
Hello Cameron and welcome to classroom20 from a fellow Australian. It is always good to see more and more Aussies joining here.
 
 
 

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