Comments on: Post NYSCATE 07 Tech Committee Meeting: Social Networking Software http://openedweb.com/blog/2007/12/08/post-nyscate-07-tech-committee-meeting-social-networking-software/ Education and Technology Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:52:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/2007/12/08/post-nyscate-07-tech-committee-meeting-social-networking-software/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Steve Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:44:29 +0000 http://openedweb.com/blog/2007/12/08/post-nyscate-07-tech-committee-meeting-social-networking-software/#comment-6 If there was a presentation on Elgg, I didn't see it. I ran into Elgg as I explored Moodle and the moodle website moodle.org a couple years ago. I didn't really "get" it though--even though I actually installed it briefly. I am kind of puzzled though by the heavy reliance on these "free" services like Ning, Flickr, and YouTube. I am turned off by their advertising, links that lead to who-knows-what, and some of the inappropriate content that resides on these sites. With a server or inexpensive commecial webhosting, you can do much the same without the baggage and without giving up your intellectual property. I am also a huge fan of open-source server software. I will blog about my experiences as they occur, and if I find it worthwhile, I will probably go over some of the nuts and bolts on my openedweb.com moodle (http://openedweb.com redirects to the moodle). I hope to have the software installed somewhere by January if not sooner! If there was a presentation on Elgg, I didn’t see it. I ran into Elgg as I explored Moodle and the moodle website moodle.org a couple years ago. I didn’t really “get” it though–even though I actually installed it briefly.

I am kind of puzzled though by the heavy reliance on these “free” services like Ning, Flickr, and YouTube. I am turned off by their advertising, links that lead to who-knows-what, and some of the inappropriate content that resides on these sites.

With a server or inexpensive commecial webhosting, you can do much the same without the baggage and without giving up your intellectual property. I am also a huge fan of open-source server software.

I will blog about my experiences as they occur, and if I find it worthwhile, I will probably go over some of the nuts and bolts on my openedweb.com moodle (http://openedweb.com redirects to the moodle). I hope to have the software installed somewhere by January if not sooner!

]]> By: Michael http://openedweb.com/blog/2007/12/08/post-nyscate-07-tech-committee-meeting-social-networking-software/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Michael Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:15:47 +0000 http://openedweb.com/blog/2007/12/08/post-nyscate-07-tech-committee-meeting-social-networking-software/#comment-5 Was there a presentation at NYSCATE on Elgg specifically? One of my more global takeaways from NYSCATE was on Personal Learning Environments (http://www.pointatopointb.org/2007/11/22/synthesizing-nyscate-1-personal-learning-environments/), and I came across Elgg after a bit of digging on my own. I like the fact it is hosted in-house, rather than on an external server (ala Ning). I'd be most interested in your discoveries during your testing. Michael Was there a presentation at NYSCATE on Elgg specifically? One of my more global takeaways from NYSCATE was on Personal Learning Environments (http://www.pointatopointb.org/2007/11/22/synthesizing-nyscate-1-personal-learning-environments/), and I came across Elgg after a bit of digging on my own. I like the fact it is hosted in-house, rather than on an external server (ala Ning). I’d be most interested in your discoveries during your testing.

Michael

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