No more free Ning!!! - Classroom 2.02024-03-28T10:55:14Zhttps://www.classroom20.com/forum/topics/no-more-free-ning?commentId=649749%3AComment%3A469063&feed=yes&xn_auth=noRumor has it that Pearson Lea…tag:www.classroom20.com,2010-07-06:649749:Comment:4849682010-07-06T13:16:05.967ZP. Murphyhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/PMurphy
Rumor has it that Pearson Learning is the business that is going to sponsor the Ning ed. groups that have memberships of 150 or less. I have a few groups in place for my school- one for each of our School Improvement Plan Action Teams, all of which fit this criteria but haven't heard any official word about this. Plus, I'm wondering how this sponsorship plays into the forum- will we have to put up with more ads, etc.? Has anyone heard anything specific that can be confirmed? If so, please share…
Rumor has it that Pearson Learning is the business that is going to sponsor the Ning ed. groups that have memberships of 150 or less. I have a few groups in place for my school- one for each of our School Improvement Plan Action Teams, all of which fit this criteria but haven't heard any official word about this. Plus, I'm wondering how this sponsorship plays into the forum- will we have to put up with more ads, etc.? Has anyone heard anything specific that can be confirmed? If so, please share any contact info. you have. Thanks. Early word from Ning in their…tag:www.classroom20.com,2010-05-18:649749:Comment:4722132010-05-18T14:55:30.653ZSteve Hargadonhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/SteveHargadon
Early word from Ning in their announcements was that you could pay for longer periods of time, but still only by credit card (PayPal?). I did tell them about the need for purchase orders, but I don't have any idea how much of a priority this is for them.
Early word from Ning in their announcements was that you could pay for longer periods of time, but still only by credit card (PayPal?). I did tell them about the need for purchase orders, but I don't have any idea how much of a priority this is for them. Please add my thanks to the l…tag:www.classroom20.com,2010-05-07:649749:Comment:4696422010-05-07T11:04:44.893ZMarcia Tyrolhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/MarciaTyrol
Please add my thanks to the long list! Your work with creating this PLN has been inspirational. Let's hope the free for education donor comes through.
Please add my thanks to the long list! Your work with creating this PLN has been inspirational. Let's hope the free for education donor comes through. found this on an RSS feed I u…tag:www.classroom20.com,2010-05-07:649749:Comment:4695932010-05-07T01:27:43.287ZJaninehttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/Janine631
found this on an RSS feed I use:<br />
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Free Ning Accounts for Educators<br />
by noreply@blogger.com (Mr. Byrne)<br />
Ning caused quite a commotion last month when they announced that they were planning to discontinue their free services this summer. Today, Ning announced what the new fee-based plans will offer. None of the options appear to be all that reasonable for a classroom setting. The good news though is that an unnamed company in the education market has stepped forward to sponsor free accounts for…
found this on an RSS feed I use:<br />
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Free Ning Accounts for Educators<br />
by noreply@blogger.com (Mr. Byrne)<br />
Ning caused quite a commotion last month when they announced that they were planning to discontinue their free services this summer. Today, Ning announced what the new fee-based plans will offer. None of the options appear to be all that reasonable for a classroom setting. The good news though is that an unnamed company in the education market has stepped forward to sponsor free accounts for K-12 educators. The free accounts will be the equivalent of Ning's fee-based Ning Mini service. Read more about the Ning Mini and free education accounts on the Ning blog. <a href="http://blog.ning.com/2010/05/introducing-ning-pro-ning-plus-and-ning-mini.html" target="_blank">http://blog.ning.com/2010/05/introducing-ning-pro-ning-plus-and-ning-mini.html</a><br />
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Ning Mini won't replace the old free Ning accounts, but they should still be useable for classroom settings. Though with a cap of 150 members it probably won't be useable for building a community Ning around a whole school or PTA.<br />
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If you'd like to explore some free alternatives to Ning, please read this. Sonya:
The migration process…tag:www.classroom20.com,2010-05-06:649749:Comment:4695382010-05-06T18:30:54.028ZEric Snyderhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/EricSnyder
Sonya:<br />
The migration process is simple. Still too soon for me to comment on comparisons with Ning.<br />
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I don't believe there is any limit on the number of sites you can create. Why don't you give the CEO, Mark Robins, a phone call. He is very open and accessible, and I know Grouply has given top priority to responding to the need in the education community created by Ning's direction.<br />
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Mark Robins - (650) 568-9824<br />
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Eric
Sonya:<br />
The migration process is simple. Still too soon for me to comment on comparisons with Ning.<br />
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I don't believe there is any limit on the number of sites you can create. Why don't you give the CEO, Mark Robins, a phone call. He is very open and accessible, and I know Grouply has given top priority to responding to the need in the education community created by Ning's direction.<br />
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Mark Robins - (650) 568-9824<br />
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Eric This looks very promising. I'…tag:www.classroom20.com,2010-05-06:649749:Comment:4695332010-05-06T18:23:44.789ZSonghttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/sonya507
This looks very promising. I'm intrigued and would be interested in hearing more of your thoughts on Grouply as it compares to Ning. Also, do you know if there is a limit to how many sites we can create?
This looks very promising. I'm intrigued and would be interested in hearing more of your thoughts on Grouply as it compares to Ning. Also, do you know if there is a limit to how many sites we can create? Well said - nearly all of thi…tag:www.classroom20.com,2010-05-06:649749:Comment:4695172010-05-06T17:05:01.997ZBeverley Leehttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/BeverleyLee
Well said - nearly all of this applies as I contemplate how to approach discussing future use of ning vs other options in my educational setting.
Well said - nearly all of this applies as I contemplate how to approach discussing future use of ning vs other options in my educational setting. I'm surprised no-one has ment…tag:www.classroom20.com,2010-05-06:649749:Comment:4693922010-05-06T05:10:52.078ZTim Musgravehttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/TimMusgrave
I'm surprised no-one has mentioned advertising... I assume that (oh, I'm very new to Ning btw - so sorry if this off track)... I assume that Ning was making money originally through advertising? The more hits a site got, the more advertising revenue Ning received.<br />
If they transfer the advertising rights over to the owner of the site, I wonder at what point the site can break even. For instance, say you pay $20 per month for the network, how many hits do you need to recoup that $20 in…
I'm surprised no-one has mentioned advertising... I assume that (oh, I'm very new to Ning btw - so sorry if this off track)... I assume that Ning was making money originally through advertising? The more hits a site got, the more advertising revenue Ning received.<br />
If they transfer the advertising rights over to the owner of the site, I wonder at what point the site can break even. For instance, say you pay $20 per month for the network, how many hits do you need to recoup that $20 in advertising revenue?<br />
As an education Ning, I assume that there's a little anxiety about advertising... but as a way to resolve the 'not-for-profit but we've got to pay' argument, couldn't this help solve the problem?<br />
(be gentle with me in replies... as I said, I'm new to this ;0) No More Free Ning?
05/5/2010:…tag:www.classroom20.com,2010-05-05:649749:Comment:4692742010-05-05T23:24:16.623ZEric Snyderhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/EricSnyder
No More Free Ning?<br />
05/5/2010: Grouply annnounces an alternative... FREE for educators<br />
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...a special package of premium services offered at no charge to qualifying education groups such as schools, classrooms, and parent teacher associations (PTAs).<br />
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Announcing the Grouply for Education package:…
No More Free Ning?<br />
05/5/2010: Grouply annnounces an alternative... FREE for educators<br />
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...a special package of premium services offered at no charge to qualifying education groups such as schools, classrooms, and parent teacher associations (PTAs).<br />
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Announcing the Grouply for Education package:<br />
<a href="http://blog.grouply.com/grouply-for-education-a-feature-rich-ad-free-communi" target="_blank">http://blog.grouply.com/grouply-for-education-a-feature-rich-ad-free-communi</a><br />
ty-platform-for-schools-classrooms-and-ptas/<br />
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And, the Ning-to-Grouply migration tool:<br />
<a href="http://blog.grouply.com/migration-tool-moves-a-ning-network-to-a-free-groupl" target="_blank">http://blog.grouply.com/migration-tool-moves-a-ning-network-to-a-free-groupl</a><br />
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Migration of your Ning content takes just minutes. I was able to migrate the content of one of my groups seamlessly in a few minutes. Here's the link to the record…tag:www.classroom20.com,2010-05-05:649749:Comment:4692262010-05-05T17:07:56.540ZSteve Hargadonhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/SteveHargadon
Here's the link to the recordings of this event: <a href="http://www.stevehargadon.com/2010/04/ning-in-education-discussion-recording.html" target="_blank">http://www.stevehargadon.com/2010/04/ning-in-education-discussion-recording.html</a>
Here's the link to the recordings of this event: <a href="http://www.stevehargadon.com/2010/04/ning-in-education-discussion-recording.html" target="_blank">http://www.stevehargadon.com/2010/04/ning-in-education-discussion-recording.html</a>