Using Ning as a Filter for the Best New Ideas

Ning is something that you might not be familiar with, that ok, I wasn't either until just recently.  Ning can be compared to a social network, but it is directed for a certain group of people (ie teachers).  One Ning site that I visited recently I found very useful because of its relevance of topics being discussed.  This site is called Teacher 2.0, where teachers from all realms are free to blog about varied topics relating to teaching.  As Professor Alan Levine stated in his video of New Media Consortium, we cannot keep up with technology (although we have to try our best).  We need different tools to help us find the most important and useful technology that we can incorporate in the classroom. Teacher 2.0 is another way to keep up with the new tools that are being offered.