Nings and 1:1 – PLN evolution

I realize I’ve been neglecting Nings lately.  I’ve joined many over the years and kind of strayed a bit recently, especially when they were expected to go commercial.  As a result, I shifted much of my PLN time to Twitter. I’ve taken some time recently to revisit them and noticed I’m not the only one [...]

Nings for schools

After reading Steve Hargadon’s blog post about Ning offering an ad-free version for 7-12, I decided to check it out. I had created a Ning a few weeks ago but hadn’t really taken it further. Now that I have a concept – using it in my Wellnology next year, it seemed like time to try [...]

Thinking about Nings

Last summer, when I first heard of Nings, I decided to join a few to see what the buzz was about.  I didn’t even know what a ning was much less how to use it.  Like most of the social networking tools, it’s pretty organic.  It grows with its user-base and evolves to meet the [...]