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In which we explore how social networking can support educational communities, featuring Ning.

"Create Your Own Social Network"
There are 155,000 networks on Ning as of January 19, 2008

Ning: [|http://ning.com] Ning blog: [|http://blog.ning.com]

About Social Media
What is Social Media? Let's take a look at how [|Wikipedia] defines it...

//"**Social Media Expanded Definition:** Social Media is the democratization of information, transforming people from content readers into content publishers. It is the shift from a broadcast mechanism to a many-to-many model, rooted in conversations between authors, people, and peers.//

//Social media uses the “wisdom of crowds” to connect information in a collaborative manner. Social media can take many different forms, including [|Internet forums], [|message boards], [|weblogs], [|wikis], [|podcasts], pictures and video. Technologies such as [|blogs], picture-sharing, [|vlogs], wall-postings, [|email], [|instant messaging], music-sharing, group creation and [|voice over IP], to name a few. Examples of social media applications are [|Google] (reference, social networking), [|Wikipedia] (reference), [|MySpace] (social networking), [|Facebook](social networking), [|Last.fm] (personal music), [|YouTube] (social networking and video sharing), [|Second Life] (virtual reality), and [|Flickr] (photo sharing)."//

Ning is a [|social networking site] that facilitates collaborative groups. Learn more about social networking: [|The Social Networking Guide for Newbies] by Karen Post, published by Fast Company.

Ning Networks
Gesher: http://gesher.ning.com (private) See also the Gesher wiki: http://gesher08.wikispaces.com CAJEnet: http://cajenet.ning.com (private) Classroom 2.0: [|http://classroom20.ning.com] Edureshet: http://edureshet.ning.com TeacherLibrarianNetwork: [|http://teacherlibrarian.ning.com] TorahTech (ning): [|http://torahtech.ning.com]

Articles About Social Networks
[|Big News from Ning: Ad-Free Student Networks] by Steve Hargadon [| It is about Educational Networking NOT Social Networking] by Vicki Davis [|The Economist Debate on Social "Networking"] by Danah Boyd

Resources about Social Networks
AUPs - from the Classroom2.0 ning site: http://classroom20.ning.com/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=aup Being A Web-Mensch wiki by Debbie Harris

“Using Ning” Sketchcast
http://sketchcast.com/view/KY7UkZ8 by unorder

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