A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> on
April 16, 2010 at 8:33 AM -0700 wrote:
>For our middle school, Nings have been the perfect tool. You can upload
>lots of content in an organized way, you can turn on and off things you
>want to use or not use, and it was easy to use.
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>I would gladly pay to use Nings, especially if they continue to make the
>product even better than it is. =20
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>I know we are all looking for the "free" but sometimes having a tool
>that teachers use and just works for them, is worth paying for. We are
>used to having Web 2.0 tools all be free, so I think the first thing we
>all think about is what can we use instead of Nings that are free. I
>think maybe a better thing to think about is do Nings work well for the
>teachers and students that are using it. If it does, then why not pay
>for it?
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>Renee Ramig
>Seven Hills School
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: A forum for independent school educators
>[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Bruce Lemieux
>Sent: Friday, April 16, 2010 8:24 AM
>To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
>Subject: Re: Ning no longer free
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>I am curious as to what other tools schools are migrating to if they
>have
>been using Ning. We have some faculty using Ning networks in class and
>have used it in professional development here at my school. We really
>liked the ease of use of Ning, the ability to add embedded content was
>particularly nice allowing video, Prezi, Slideshare and other
>presentation
>tools to be incorporated. What migration options have folks found? Any
>ideas?
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>Sincerely:
>
>Bruce Lemieux
>Director of Technology
>Cushing Academy
>39 School Street
>Ashburnham MA 01430
>blemieux@cushing.org
>Phone: 978-827-7075
>
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>A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
>writes:
>>Just an FYI
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>>One month after long-time Ning CEO Gina Bianchini was replaced by COO
>>Jason Rosenthal , the company is making some major changes: It has just
>>announced that it is killing off its free product, forcing existing
>free
>>networks to either make the change to premium accounts or migrate their
>>networks elsewhere. Rosenthal has also just announced that the company
>>has cut nearly 70 people - over 40% of its staff. Here's the email
>>Rosenthal just sent out to the company:
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>>http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/15/nings-bubble-bursts-no-more-free-netwo
>rks-cuts-40-of-staff/#comment-1030783
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>>So the question is, do you pay for a premium account or use a different
>>tool.=20
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>>
>>Garry Clum Jr
>>Network Manager
>>=20
>>St. Paul Academy and Summit School
>>1712 Randolph Avenue
>>St. Paul, MN 55105
>>651-696-1497
>>gclum@spa.edu
>>www.spa.edu
>>
>>=1A Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail
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