Why+Ning?

//[|Ning] is an online platform for users to create their own social websites and social networks, launched in October [|2004]. ([|Wikipedia] )// Nings allow communities to create individual web pages, blog, engage in forum discussions. create interest groups, share photos and videos, present RSS feeds, and more. Note: //Ning will turn off ads if users are between 13 and 18.//
 * What is Ning?**

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 * Examples of Nings**
 * [|Ning.com (portal)]
 * [|GlobalStudiesNing]
 * [|Edubloggercon]
 * [|NECC Ning]
 * [|Classroom20Ning]
 * [|TeacherLibrarianNing]
 * [|Youth Services Ning]
 * WebTools4U2Use on Social Networking


 * Why should teachers use and create Nings?**
 * To create class environments for interaction and media sharing
 * To create space for interaction and sharing with team or grade level partners
 * To create online book or film discussion space
 * Because we know that learning is a social process
 * To promote, support, and model creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness [|(NETS*T)]
 * To engage students in exploring real-world issues and solving authentic problems using digital tools and resources. [|(NETS*T)]
 * To promote student reflection using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students' conceptual understanding and thinking, planning, and creative processes. [|(NETS*T)]
 * To model collaborative knowledge construction by engaging in learning with students, colleagues, and others in face-to-face and virtual environments. [|(NETS*T)]
 * To design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity. [|(NETS*T)]
 * To customize and personalize learning activities to address students' diverse learning styles, working strategies, and abilities using digital tools and resources. [|(NETS*T)]
 * To demonstrate fluency in technology systems and the transfer of current knowledge to new technologies and situations. [|(NETS*T)]
 * To collaborate with students, peers, parents, and community members using digital tools and resources to support student success and innovation. [|(NETS*T)]
 * To communicate relevant information and ideas effectively to students, parents, and peers using a variety of digital-age media and formats. [|(NETS*T)]
 * To model and facilitate effective use of current and emerging digital tools to locate, analyze, evaluate, and use information resources to support research and learning. [|(NETS*T)]
 * To advocate, model, and teach safe, legal, and ethical use of digital information and technology, including respect for copyright, intellectual property, and the appropriate documentation of sources. [|(NETS*T)]
 * To address the diverse needs of all learners by using learner-centered strategies providing equitable access to appropriate digital tools and resources. [|(NETS*T)]
 * To promote and model digital etiquette and responsible social interactions related to the use of technology and information. [|(NETS*T)]
 * To develop and model cultural understanding and global awareness by engaging with colleagues and students of other cultures using digital-age communication and collaboration tools. [|(NETS*T)]
 * To participate in local and global learning communities to explore creative applications of technology to improve student learning. [|(NETS*T)]
 * To exhibit leadership by demonstrating a vision of technology infusion, participating in shared decision making and community building, and developing the leadership and technology skills of others. [|(NETS*T)]
 * To contribute to the effectiveness, vitality, and self-renewal of the teaching profession and of their school and community. [|(NETS*T)]


 * Why should students use and create Nings?**
 * To organize or participate in social action projects
 * To create space for interaction with a club or team
 * Because we know that learning is a social process
 * To share work in a variety of media
 * To practice 21st communication skills
 * To practice digital citizenship
 * Organize knowledge so that it is useful [|AASL Standards]
 * To collaborate with others to exchange ideas, develop new understandings, make decisions, and solve problems [|AASL Standards]
 * To use the writing process, media and visual literacy, and technology skills to create products that express new understandings [|AASL Standards]
 * To connect understanding to the real world [|AASL Standards]
 * To connect ideas to own interests and previous knowledge and experience [|AASL Standards]
 * To use social networks and information tools to gather and share information [|AASL Standards]
 * To organize personal knowledge in a way that can be called upon easily [|AASL Standards]
 * To use creative and artistic formats to express personal learning [|AASL Standards]


 * Why should librarians use and create Nings?**
 * To create online book or film discussion space
 * To create space to communicate with other district librarians
 * Because we know that learning is a social process


 * Why should administrators use and create Nings?**
 * To create space for faculty and staff to meet and share online
 * To create space for other administrators in and outside the district to meet and share online
 * Because we know that learning is a social process
 * Because we know that learning is a social process