http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/11/17/addressing-concerns-about-ning-open-social-networking-vulnerability/ Weblog of Wesley Fryer Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/11/17/addressing-concerns-about-ning-open-social-networking-vulnerability/comment-page-1/#comment-61483 Chad Bruns Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:51:11 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/?p=3200#comment-61483 Ning is absolutely awesome for teaching. It allows for so much collaboration and communication all for free!! It's the best thing to ever happen to my class. Luckily my school does not block it. Ning is absolutely awesome for teaching. It allows for so much collaboration and communication all for free!! It’s the best thing to ever happen to my class. Luckily my school does not block it.

]]> http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/11/17/addressing-concerns-about-ning-open-social-networking-vulnerability/comment-page-1/#comment-61480 Christy Tvarok Green Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:42:50 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/?p=3200#comment-61480 Wes, Thank you so much for the information. This is an on-going debate in my district. "How do we allow staff/students access to online collaborative sites while still protecting staff/students from 'inappropriate communication' and protect the district from liability." We are making progress in the area, but it's unfortunately slow going. We don't have a technology supervisor, and our IT team is conservative (understandably so), so we have no full time advocate for the movement, except for a few technology teachers. We are a K-8 district so some sites are just not appropriate for our young students. However, I'm a firm advocate for allowing teachers access to these tools to advance their own PD, while having the power to post on behalf of their students if necessary. I will most definitely pass this on to our curriculum director and IT team! Thanks again! Wes,
Thank you so much for the information. This is an on-going debate in my district. “How do we allow staff/students access to online collaborative sites while still protecting staff/students from ‘inappropriate communication’ and protect the district from liability.” We are making progress in the area, but it’s unfortunately slow going. We don’t have a technology supervisor, and our IT team is conservative (understandably so), so we have no full time advocate for the movement, except for a few technology teachers. We are a K-8 district so some sites are just not appropriate for our young students. However, I’m a firm advocate for allowing teachers access to these tools to advance their own PD, while having the power to post on behalf of their students if necessary. I will most definitely pass this on to our curriculum director and IT team! Thanks again!

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