I loved this little discovery through the Bookleads wiki.
The world of the wiki and the ning provides so many valuable opportunities for teachers to communicate - sharing best practice, valued ideas and resources. These discussions are surely taking place in staffrooms, corridors and classrooms in school state, nation and worldwide. I love the way that this tool is able to put me into those conversations, to bring them to me. This module highlighted more than ever that teachers far and wide are facing the same struggles and joys that we are in my school. The beauty is that through the use of wikis and nings we are able to bring the reality of finding a solution to our problems a bit closer.
I'm looking a little more closely into the nings (because to be completely honest, I had never heard of a ning prior to this module) and one thought immediately springs to mind - It's Facebook for teachers!!!
The one highly appealing feature of this tool is that it provides a valuable forum for teachers to communicate on the same topic - educating the future. If I was to use this tool, I would definitely seek out specific nings that target specific curriculum areas rather than a general discussion. Scrolling through a large number of posts that are not specific to my particular interests would not be a sensible use of time.
My scrolling through Classroom 2.0 led me to this one :
It had some great ideas for developing reading and spelling strategies in particular.
I am so glad I took this journey into the world of the ning:)
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