If one was to adopt this second course of action, then the idea of creating a “social network” for the class seems appealing. The authors of The Future of Thinking mention sites like Ning, which are social networks structured like Facebook, but are cultured specifically for smaller groups of people. At first I scoffed at the idea: Facebook for my classroom. Great. What on earth would I possibly do with that? But after thinking about it a little, there does seem to be some real benefits.