we don't really have a policy yet but we do have an internet use policy

most teachers have been coming up with their own permissions slips for their blogs and or wikis

the link for my school's wiki is actually a private site but i would love to invite you if you want- it is in its infant stages now though-

and I too thought social networking was just a dating network- i have been pleasantly surprised

Sure,
The ning is private, just because its our curriculum digital learning exploration space for our own staff to ponder and reflect, fins and share wisdom. Having said that, it's just a bare bones ning - I've invited all our staff sub-committee to join and share on forums related to our curriculum questions. I've created three of the forums, but at least one other has been created. In the nature of the structure, this can be branched out to other discussions, forums and subgroups, as the mood takes the membership.

The reason for starting it is partly because of the discussion here on Faculty Meetings, and some comments exchanged between Dennis O'Conner and me about online learning. There are many things our group need to tackle - and to make it wieldy the admin wanted us to subdivide.
I, on the other hand, didn't want to wind up on 5 subcommittees, nor miss out on the transaction in 4 groups if we met simultaneously. It seemed to me to be great use of this framework to allow the possibility of a large number of people being in discussion, and yet, only one person is able to talk at a time, and everybody who has something to contribute can. The nightmare of scheduling and prioritising meetings can be reduced.
We started the process as a f2f group, and we'll regather, but the intermediate chats can be carried out asynchronously, fitted better to our individual schedules, and be wider ranging that a large disparate group.
(A minor sub-point, but relevant: for me a- partially deaf, I'm not as exhausted trying to filter out signal conversation from noise. In a large group with lots of chat, I'm cut out.)

No problem, use away. (Standard royalty fees of course!)

Love your passion - clue me in, as someone keen to see media use and understanding develop at our College, and to see the development of critical and responsible engagement - but also as someone who won't be a driver of this. I'd like to get some pictures of what growth and success in this realm would look like. Is there a relevant forum here, or there, or...

Jennifer,
I was thinking more of models of the use(s) of digital media and critical and responsible engagement with such media.
Cheers
Ian

Embed away - I just grabbed it from You Tube myself.

Hi Jennifer,

I recommend you take a look at Wiziq's virtual classroom and authorstream's power point presentation platform. Both are web based platforms, have a bunch of features and free basic service.