Building Community with Ning

Slide 1: NING SOCIAL NETWORK Alisa Cooper, EdD South Mountain Community Colleges Monday, May 12, 2008

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Slide 3: HUMANIZE DISTANCE EDUCATION Help with retention Improved grades and Student satisfaction Monday, May 12, 2008

Slide 4: NING DEMO Show Web 2.0 Tools Integrated into a Ning Social Network Monday, May 12, 2008

Slide 5: The Web 2.0 Tools Monday, May 12, 2008

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Slide 18: NING Advantages: Less distractions, create community among students, alternative to Blackboard, easy to add other Web 2.0 tools, and you can make it Private. Disadvantages: Takes time to set up, you have to be involved in the community which can take time, Ads in the free version/$20 mo. for ad free Monday, May 12, 2008

Slide 19: GET STARTED Joining social networks powered by Ning Don't forget to visit and join our Ning group on the Classroom 2.0 Ning site. http://www.classroom20.com/group/maricopatech Monday, May 12, 2008