I read about Ning on our class wiki page. At first, I was skeptical about the application and didn't see why one would want to create their own social networking site. However, the entry went on to state that it would be great to build a social site for the classroom in which the students were members. These students could create user profiles, answer posts, and view material posted by the teacher.
I think Ning would be totally engaging to students who use social networking sites all the time. It could be a great way to build a community writing and responding to each others' work. Again, all work is trackable and a teacher could easily capture student comments and use them as class discussion the next day.
Potential problems might include the nature of material posted by students. As long as the teacher has administrative editing abilities so as to prevent inappropriate material from being posted, Ning could be a great educational resource. In addition, copyright and plagarism issues could become a problem. The teacher needs to address these before the site is operational, and also cite the ramifications of plagarizing work.
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