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- The 2008 Readers' Survey was conducted at Edutopia.org March 26-April 30, 2008. Participants responded to questions in their own words, and their answers were tabulated to yield the top three to five vote getters in each category. The top responses for each question appear with voting buttons to encourage our visitors to participate further.
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Readers' Survey 2008: Best Way to Create an Educational Community
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From poker night for the teachers to professional social networking, community has many definitions and many potential building blocks, including students, families, administrators, and local residents.
Several answers began with the word start: Start by finding a kindred spirit, sharing a focus, or offering to buy the first round. One reader wrote simply, "Picture the future community, and start it now!" Another common refrain in reader responses was the ending ". . . and go from there."
The glue readers recommended to bind communities together ranged from extending invitations to the universal connector, food. One reader suggested, "Invite parents to have dinner one weeknight a month. Have the kids cook and serve their parents." Other readers turned to the computer for community. One suggested a combination of face-to-face and virtual interactions, while others used discussion boards to accomplish what was the most frequent answer given to this question: communicate.
What do you think? Weigh in on the results.
What's the best way to create an educational community?
The best way to create educational communities is Ning! which is really a hybrid of all four of these! It is like a social network for education and a phenomenal tool that is now indispensable to my classroom. They have taken off the ads and I love the tool. (And no, they don't pay me! ;-)
What's the best way to create an educational community?
I agree - the answer is NING
check out http://primarymfl.ning.com/
http://globaleducation.ning.com/
http://classroom20.ning.com/
http://etwinningambassadors.ning.com/
and that's just the tip of the iceburg. There are also private networks used for classes.