Thing 17: Ning

Ning is a social networking tool that allows users with the same interests to collaborate with others within that field or area. I chose to explore and join TeacherLibrarianNing. It allows the user/member to peruse groups of particular interest (technology, book reviews, literacy, etc.), participate on a forum, post photos or videos of interest to other teacher librarians, and much more. The forum allows any member to post a query related to the field and receive responses, or v.v. respond to someone else's question. After exploring the various groups available, I became very interested in the Web 2.0 in the Library World group and expect to find some great ideas for using, teaching and collaboratively planning with some of these Web 2.0 tools.