Ning and niche social networking

Yesterday, I was interviewed by Steve Hargadon on the topic of Ning and niche social networking. Thanks for the opportunity to share, Steve!

You can download the following:
* Full Elluminate
* Portable Audio (MP3 file)
* Portable Video
* Chat Log

If you haven’t gotten it, this session goes very well with a copy of “Ning For Dummies“.

Interesting Uses of Ning in Education

I recently asked the tweeple following @ningfordummies about creative uses they have for Ning in Education.

Here’s what some of them replied:

From @imaginedpm
Using the ning to develop and share new curriculum across different educational institutions & other stakeholders.

From @RIFWEB
Here’s how RIF uses Ning to educate: http://www.airspace.ning.com

From @bethanyvsmith
I did my thesis on using ning in a distance ed class for class discussions

From @jmiscavishhttp://lhshonorsla9.ning.com/ http://lhscreativewriting.n… how don’t I use it in edu?
… and you probably knew about this one, but I frequent the english companion ning: http://englishcompanion.nin…
… and well, too. I’m running my summer reading program through the ning groups right now.

How about you? What interesting uses you are making of Ning in education? If you choose reply @ningfordummies on Twitter, please include the #ningedu hashtag.

Winners: Ning for Dummies Daily Twitter Giveaway

UPDATED: June 1, 2009 @ 9:00 pm PT

In this post, I have included the daily winners for the Ning For Dummies daily Twitter giveaway:

Two of the winners have not yet responded with their mailing address, so the final list may change by the end of the business day tomorrow if I have gotten no word from them.