Review of NING's Social Networking Tools

People: Students, Teachers
Objective: Provide an environment for social networking.
Strategy: Public or privatecommunity supported by advertising or memberships. (NING has removed advertising from education related networks)
Tools: Blogs, Groups, Friends, Forums, Photo, Audio, Video hosting, tagging, sharing

On a scale of 1-5 please rate this tool. 5 being the highest rating. Please leave comments about this tool below the table. Thank you.

Criteria	David	Your review goes here
Grade level	5-20
Improves learning outcomes	2
Addresses needs of 21st Century Learners	2
Ease of use, small learning curve	3
Quick easy set-up	4
Customizable to learners/teachers needs and abilities	3
Engages learners	4
Cost	Free
Return on investment	3
Is being used in education	3
references	5
Case studies	2
Supports pedagogy 2.0	1
Safe	3
Private	4
Web based	5
Desktop based
School IT support needed
Company service & support	1
Windows/Mac	5
Supports sharing	5
Supports collaboration	2
Designed for learning	1