Building an online community
  What could be done with Ning?

1. Discuss: “What are the PHS virtues?” What character traits are rewarded, honored and sought by this school system?

2. Discuss: Is PHS a community? For it to be closer to the-world-as-you-would-like-it-to-be, what virtues would have to be practiced more?

• What informal speech codes might need to be followed?
• What principles would people need to choose?
• Can you think of a true story that illustrates the sort of behavior you admire?
• Could you design a “new tradition” that enacts the character type you to be more common?

3. Discuss: Are there ways we could use writing, photography and video to make those virtues more visible? To make them more attractive?