ISEnet Ning Nearing 500 Members

I've been spending time nurturing the ISEnet ning (with Fred Bartels) rather than blogging here. It's been interesting to see it develop and grow. It's certainly more interactive than a single blog site (unless you're a blog superstar), since it has so many users visiting and commenting on the discussions, blog entries, and other content. Fred & I got interviewed by Alex & Arvind for EdTechTalk on Wednesday. Some key points that came from this discussion:

• The ISEnet is a good safe place for educators to experience online social networking.
• At this point it is mostly tech coordinators and librarians, but could balloon as it is shared with schools' faculties
• It provides an identity based network separate from larger ning networks like classroom2.0
• It aggregates content from participants, including discussions, blogs, videos, etc.
• It may have more appeal to right-brained people than more logico-linear communications vehicles like listservs & wikis
• It may be an ok place to have student interaction, as opposed to facebook