Top Ten Social Networking Sites for K12 Educators

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Permalink Reply by C Grinnell on March 1, 2010 at 11:26am

I love NING, especially with its ad-free promotion for educators! As the administrator, I can control activity and not expose my students to unwanted information, etc. NING has an incredibly easy to use format, with lots of features (RSS, links, blog, chat, forum, events, etc.) I can also send broadcast alerts to all my students about upcoming events, etc with just one click! Love it!

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Permalink Reply by Sharon Ellner on April 21, 2010 at 7:15pm

Ning has just announced that they are getting rid of their free accounts. On May 4th, they will be announcing their new pricing structure and are stating they will have a "low cost" option for educators. You might want to check out Edmodo instead.

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Permalink Reply by Anthony VonBank on March 1, 2010 at 12:57pm

Ning - all in one and full-featured class connection point.

Delicious - Helps students find what you want them to find on the internet

Google Apps - Powerful applications that can be shared.

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Permalink Reply by Maureen Chertow Miller on March 1, 2010 at 2:03pm

Google Apps for collaboration, sharing information and working towards a paperless classroom.
Edmodo- for students and teachers to collaborate in a facebook-like environment.
Ning- if you have enough people participating and invested in it
Twitter - for quick tidbits.

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Permalink Reply by Parker Johnson on March 2, 2010 at 10:18am

Edmodo. While I agree NING has great features Edmodo does a better job at streamlining everything to make it easy for the no-so-techy teacher to jump on and learn how to use it right away. Students think it looks just like facebook so their instantly intrigued. I would go with Edmodo

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Permalink Reply by Jeff O'Hara on March 2, 2010 at 11:08am

I vote Edmodo too, but i'm also biased because I'm the co-founder of Edmodo.

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Permalink Reply by Katy Scott on March 4, 2010 at 9:55am

I like Edmodo as well, partly because (I believe) Ning is only for kids 13 and older.

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Permalink Reply by Beth Kappus on March 2, 2010 at 1:23pm

I vote for ning and I also like diigo (especially groups)

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Permalink Reply by Chris GR on March 2, 2010 at 4:20pm

I like Ning for creating my own classroom network for high school. TodaysMeet.com is a good tool for back channel communication. Gives you some of the effect of Twitter, but on a more private basis. Wallwisher.com is a good environment for elementary students to add their "two cents worth" in a controlled environment.

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Permalink Reply by Ben Bohmfalk on March 2, 2010 at 8:26pm

for a fun occasional project, check out goanimate.com; I"ve used it for world history and geography projects, students love it.

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Permalink Reply by Michelle Wiley on March 4, 2010 at 12:15am

Thanks for suggesting our site! We're almost finished with the K-12 Educational version. I will keep you guys updated as we get closer to launch.

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