Educational CyberPlayGround® Community

One reason this community formed is purely out of necessity. . We're social creatures with shared core values, that's why we connect. If folks have a problem with their school, administration, kids, internet, or technology they often find themselves turning to CyberPlayGround community members called RingLeaders for help , making the bonds between us stronger. There's this feeling that you're part of something special, which ties into the sense of "we-ness." We aren't mainstream, we are marching to a different drum, and we understand something that not everyone else can understand. We know something the others don't.

NETHAPPENINGS IS THE FIRST K12 EDUCATION LIST IN AMERICA IN OPERATION SINCE 1989
THIS EMAIL LIST distributes announcements primarily focused on events effecting the net and K12 Education with the emphasis placed on both news and resources.
For NEWS Media, Business, Government, K12 Teacher, Administrator, Librarian, Ed Tech, and Parent.

Has been provided to the Internet community since April, 1998, and is an off-shoot of the Net-happenings mailing list and Website. The goal of K12 NEWSLETTERS is to combine in one place the best of the Internet's various K12 newsletters that integrate technology into the classroom.

Has been provided to the Internet since May, 1994, and is an off-shoot of the Net-happenings mailing list. The goal of Network Newsletters is to combine in one place the best of the Internet's regularly published e-zines, allowing users to read or browse all or none of them from the same mailing list or Website. Readers keep current on various aspects of Internet development,security, and technology can choose to subscribe to the mailing list, which sends two or more newsletters together in digest format.

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What is the dream?

Almost every great community has a shared passion, dream, or purpose. What great thing could this community accomplish?

The core energy of the community drives the community forward in good times and bad. Call it a dream, a purpose, a mission, a raison d'etre, whatever you like, but identify it quickly and then work collaboratively to ensure everyone shares in it.

What are the legends?

Great communities have stories and legends that provide color to the mission. In my experience it is extremely hard to effectively capture passion in the words of a mission or purpose statement.
But passion comes through clearly in stories. A picture is worth a thousand words, and if a picture of the mission can be painted through a story, it will become even more real to members and potential members

Link to Classrom project VIDEO'S - using the Oral Tradition, telling the story, writing the story, The oral tradition of folk song is also a collection of stories that children tell to each other, that help them to make sense out of their circumstances and their world. Technology allows people with common interests to play together and share their collective knowledge on the CyberPlayGround.

#STEAM LEARN HOW TO USE MUSIC IN THE CLASSROOM TO TEACH READING - 1997

What are the values?

In most cases communities emerge from a group of individuals who find they share not just a common purpose, but a common set of values. Sometimes community efforts fail because, although members share a common mission, they disagree on how it should be accomplished. Often, these differences can be traced back to differences in the personal values of the members.
Figuring out if there are common values within the community will help potential members decide for themselves whether they are a good fit for the community. If their values do not match the community values, they will opt out on their own.
BTW Using email to share feedback only goes so far. It's a great tool for communication, but not so much for collaboration, sharing, and transparency. Avoiding email for feedback might actually help employees do their jobs.

KUDOS

Eric Ward ~ "NetHappenings and K12 Newsletters is designed to reach the educational marketplace, thus reaching administrators, principals, and teachers at a great price!"
RIP Eric Ward www. pioneer August 12, 1959 - October 16, 2017

Jacob Richman Internet Consultant ~ "I have been subscribed to Net Happenings for many years. It is a great resource of information. I always post my important website announcement to the list and I know it reaches a large educational audience. Thanks!! for all your good work in running the list".

Mike Moore ~ "Just a note to say how happy I am with the results of my ad published this morning in NetHappenings. In just 5 hours I have received 59 visits to my webstore. Needless to say I'm thrilled and will definitely continue to advertise with you".

Librarian Ms. Erin Heaton ~ "It is a terrific resource and one I plan to share with my graduate students".

Katie Warren Glendale Unified School District ~ Thank you so much for your bi-weekly updates. They are very informative and helpful.