Ning Improvements - Classroom 2.02024-03-28T16:24:06Zhttps://www.classroom20.com/forum/topics/649749:Topic:426?commentId=649749%3AComment%3A1864&feed=yes&xn_auth=noMarielle,
This is possible a…tag:www.classroom20.com,2008-11-23:649749:Comment:2212142008-11-23T02:40:18.200Zddeubelhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/ddeubel
Marielle,<br />
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This is possible already on your "my page". Simply use a text box. Describe, create as desired. Click "save". Then, next time when you edit, click the document icon (blank page). This will upload your document and you can describe the link as you wish. You can list all the pdfs you like there. Get fancy and embed the docs from your <a href="http://www.scribd.com">www.scribd.com</a> page in flash paper for reading from your mypage....<br />
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Hope you see what I…
Marielle,<br />
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This is possible already on your "my page". Simply use a text box. Describe, create as desired. Click "save". Then, next time when you edit, click the document icon (blank page). This will upload your document and you can describe the link as you wish. You can list all the pdfs you like there. Get fancy and embed the docs from your <a href="http://www.scribd.com">www.scribd.com</a> page in flash paper for reading from your mypage....<br />
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Hope you see what I mean.<br />
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David<br />
http;//eflclassroom.ning.com Check out the new box.net app…tag:www.classroom20.com,2008-11-23:649749:Comment:2211812008-11-23T01:40:19.881ZSteve Hargadonhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/SteveHargadon
Check out the new box.net application you can add to your profile page. This is one of the new "open social" apps that hold so much promise for customizing Ning networks. I think it may do much of what you want. :)
Check out the new box.net application you can add to your profile page. This is one of the new "open social" apps that hold so much promise for customizing Ning networks. I think it may do much of what you want. :) Yes, clearly the law is not k…tag:www.classroom20.com,2008-11-22:649749:Comment:2210382008-11-22T19:41:59.848ZMarielle Palombohttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/Marielle
Yes, clearly the law is not keeping up with the times. I don't doubt that Ning is making good efforts on this front, and I certainly understand their concerns about liability. I'm just trying to understand what differentiates one case from another.
Yes, clearly the law is not keeping up with the times. I don't doubt that Ning is making good efforts on this front, and I certainly understand their concerns about liability. I'm just trying to understand what differentiates one case from another. Understood, Steve. I love Nin…tag:www.classroom20.com,2008-11-22:649749:Comment:2210262008-11-22T19:31:57.753ZMarielle Palombohttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/Marielle
Understood, Steve. I love Ning, and I very much appreciate their efforts to support educational uses of their product. I think the interface is among the best of Web 2.0 to date, with unusually low barriers to entry, and I believe that Ning's educational potential is vast, even well beyond K-12. My questions and suggestions are in the spirit of "It can't hurt to ask..." I also think they might potentially be of interest to other Ning users who are not K-12 educators. For example, I can imagine…
Understood, Steve. I love Ning, and I very much appreciate their efforts to support educational uses of their product. I think the interface is among the best of Web 2.0 to date, with unusually low barriers to entry, and I believe that Ning's educational potential is vast, even well beyond K-12. My questions and suggestions are in the spirit of "It can't hurt to ask..." I also think they might potentially be of interest to other Ning users who are not K-12 educators. For example, I can imagine all kinds of self-defined networks benefiting from the opportunity to post and share files.<br />
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In any case, thanks for all you and the Ning team have done to promote and support effective use of Web 2.0 tools in education. I agree with this. It would m…tag:www.classroom20.com,2008-11-19:649749:Comment:2194762008-11-19T21:13:20.198ZChrishttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/Chris70
I agree with this. It would make connecting up in the Starbucks possible! Sorry it took me a year and a half to respond to this.
I agree with this. It would make connecting up in the Starbucks possible! Sorry it took me a year and a half to respond to this. I think it might, but you hav…tag:www.classroom20.com,2008-11-12:649749:Comment:2138692008-11-12T02:02:32.880ZSteve Hargadonhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/SteveHargadon
I think it might, but you have to remember that Ning was not built as an educational tool, and there are the competing interests of 1) please make this work well for education, and 2) please make it free / ad-free for educators! :) Ning has done a great job building a tool which has shown the educational potential of social networking, and then been great about providing support for educators.<br />
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I'm hopeful that some of the more unique functionality that we want for education will come through…
I think it might, but you have to remember that Ning was not built as an educational tool, and there are the competing interests of 1) please make this work well for education, and 2) please make it free / ad-free for educators! :) Ning has done a great job building a tool which has shown the educational potential of social networking, and then been great about providing support for educators.<br />
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I'm hopeful that some of the more unique functionality that we want for education will come through good OpenSocial or other widgets. Should be interesting to follow those developments! I'm not speaking for Ning, to…tag:www.classroom20.com,2008-11-12:649749:Comment:2138622008-11-12T01:56:26.775ZSteve Hargadonhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/SteveHargadon
I'm not speaking for Ning, to be clear. But here are the hurdles I see:<br />
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Ning's whole system is based on email accounts, and as a commercial company they are then storing email addresses. Even if you make a network private, and say that you are going to create false email addresses for the students, if you don't then Ning might be seen as being liable.<br />
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I will tell you that Ning really, really wanted to help out in this area. They are very good people who are doing everything they can to help…
I'm not speaking for Ning, to be clear. But here are the hurdles I see:<br />
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Ning's whole system is based on email accounts, and as a commercial company they are then storing email addresses. Even if you make a network private, and say that you are going to create false email addresses for the students, if you don't then Ning might be seen as being liable.<br />
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I will tell you that Ning really, really wanted to help out in this area. They are very good people who are doing everything they can to help education. We're just in a tricky period of time now where the laws don't reflect an understanding of this kind of service as a positive educational activity. Yes, true. But for some folks…tag:www.classroom20.com,2008-11-12:649749:Comment:2138602008-11-12T01:51:41.311ZSteve Hargadonhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/SteveHargadon
Yes, true. But for some folks it's their first time to blog, and so simply a part of their Ning experience that I think it has great value for them.
Yes, true. But for some folks it's their first time to blog, and so simply a part of their Ning experience that I think it has great value for them. It would also be nice to be a…tag:www.classroom20.com,2008-11-11:649749:Comment:2136282008-11-11T17:11:57.263ZMarielle Palombohttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/Marielle
It would also be nice to be able to upload documents as freestanding objects (with folders and/or tags for organizing purposes) on profiles, group pages, etc. If you can add photos and videos to your profile page, why not PDFs? I know you can link to them elsewhere on the web, but it would be handy to be able to upload them, too. I envision a "Files" option added to the menu under your profile picture. Might this be a possibility?
It would also be nice to be able to upload documents as freestanding objects (with folders and/or tags for organizing purposes) on profiles, group pages, etc. If you can add photos and videos to your profile page, why not PDFs? I know you can link to them elsewhere on the web, but it would be handy to be able to upload them, too. I envision a "Files" option added to the menu under your profile picture. Might this be a possibility? I think it is just what you h…tag:www.classroom20.com,2008-11-11:649749:Comment:2136212008-11-11T16:55:05.135ZNancy Boschhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/nbosch
I think it is just what you have said, with unlimited editing time the whole theme of the strand could change.
I think it is just what you have said, with unlimited editing time the whole theme of the strand could change.