Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Thing #18 - 23 Things

Nings could be a great way for groups of people to communicate, share, discuss and work together. Teacher Libarian Network is a good example, Nings are like an interactive listserve, which many of us have benefitted from in the past. A ning could be used to a class, a school, a committe, or any other group to work and communicate in a collaborative way. Setting a ning up, maintaining it and monitoring it become time consuming. Keeping people active in the Ning gives it strength so if the Ning's members don't keep participating it isn't as useful, it really is a lot like a listserve, it's strengths is its members.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I see the listserve connection too. Only works if people actively participate (which I admit can be challenging at times).