Associate Professor Glenn Finger and Mal Lee are currently working upon an ACER Press publication for release next year called Developing a Networked School Community – and Creating a Home-School Nexus.  It is their contention that the networked school community will be the next phase in the on-going evolution of formal schooling.

As the school walls come down and the networks open the way for schools to operate upon a much wider playing field so schooling will become ever more networked and collaborative. The reality is that the schools can, and are making the shift to the networked mode today.

The book will explore the concept of the networked school community, the vision, its nature, the present situation globally, its resourcing, the rationale for moving to the networked mode and creating a home-school nexus, while at the same time providing practical advice on how school communities can make the shift.

With this in mind the authors have opted to use the discussion facility of the Ning and created a site athttp://networkedschooling.ning.com.  They would like to invite you and any of your friends, colleagues or indeed parent members of your parent community to contribute to the discussions on the concept and its introduction.