I've been working with Ning as an educational consultant for a couple of months now, and run their Ning for Educators network. 
Steve Hargadon: Big News from Ning: Ad-Free Student Networks
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- Lizpeters on 2009-08-10 - Tags no_tag
- Lpark73 on 2009-03-19 - Tags ning , free , ad-free
- Mrsfollis on 2009-03-13 - Tags Bookmarks , ning , web2.0 , socialnetworking , education , community , blogs
- Ptaylorsjr on 2009-02-04 - Tags ning , socialnetworking , web2.0 , education , students
- Steveshann on 2009-01-31 - Tags ning , Hargadon
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to provide ad-free student networks to K-12 educators. (Update: see new notes and procedures below.)
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to provide ad-free student networks to K-12 educators. (Update: see new notes and procedures below.)
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to provide ad-free student networks to K-12 educators. (Update: see new notes and procedures below.)
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Student Networks
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like both their model of "creating your own social network,"
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creating your own social network," and their responsiveness to the education community.
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yesterday they made a quiet decision which will greatly benefit the educational community: to provide ad-free student networks to K-12 educators.
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yesterday they made a quiet decision which will greatly benefit the educational community: to provide ad-free student networks to K-12 educators.
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Yesterday, in a flurry of email exchanges, Ning's Gina Bianchini and Athena Von Oech, Flat Classroom superstars Vicki Davis and Julie Lindsay, and I worked out the details of a trial program to remove the ad component from any existing or newly-created K-12 student-centered networks. If we can show them ad-free networks are something educators really want (that won't be hard!), they will continue the program and create a more automated, stream-lined process--but in the meantime, here is what you can do:
- Create your student network, if you don't already have one
- Go to http://help.ning.com/?page_id
=27 - Use the subject line: "Ad Removal Request for grades 7 - 12 Education Network"
- Put in your network ID at the beginning of the "Describe your issue" box, then just give a one-sentence description of your network usage. For example, you could put:
"flatclassroomproject.ning.com - a global collaborative project founded by Vicki Davis (Westwood Schools, USA) and Julie Lindsay (Qatar Academy, Qatar) in 2006 to use Web 2.0 tools to facilitate communication, interaction and collaboration between students and teachers from all participating classrooms." - Email me at steve@hargadon.com if your network isn't ad-free within 72 hours (let's just say three *work* days!). [This is an update as of 1/18/08.]
- Join the Ning in Education community to get help, hints, and tips for using Ning in educational settings
- Consider thanking Ning by placing a "Ning in Education" badge on your frontpage by following the link on the right side of that network that says "Get a Ning in Education Badge!" You can then add the HTML code into a text box on your network.
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on 2007-11-01 by dgrice
on 2008-06-19 by babeak