Kajour website

After watching a Kajour website preview posted to blackboard by one of my local professors (who has a membership with the site), I found an increased interest in this type of software. In addition, I am wondering what other people who have used this website think, and if used in the classroom what is its practicality. Below is the website link:

http://kajour.knowledgeathletes.com/

As far as my understanding goes, Kajour is a Web 2.0 collaborative communications platform for K-12 schools.

Website definition:
"Kajour is a Web 2.0 educational website and 21st-century learning engagement platform that provides teachers and students with an online extension to the classroom™. Kajour combines the worlds of instructional content and learning management systems with popular online social media applications like blogging, wikis, forums, chat, podcasting, groups, messaging, and microblogging."

It seems like this type of site can really be beneficial to teachers and students. Again, I think a lot of pre-planning and organization will have to come from the teacher, but I think it seemed really interesting. I especially liked the way you can add different hyperlinks, videos, chatrooms, assignment sheets, etc. Technology is the wave of the future, and hopefully more teachers will take the extra time to try to incorporate more into the classroom. I think some teachers are terrified of learning about this new technology because they may feel its to hard to understand or they won't have time for it in their classroom, both of which may be true. However, lots of these features, especially on Kajour seem very simple to use and manipulate. In my opinion, technology just may just be the connecting point between "traditional stereotypes of teaching methods and LEARNING AS FUN AND SECOND NATURE". I hope I can be a new-wave teacher in the sense that I don't feel scared or inadequate to try these new things in the classroom. Although it may take a while for me, as a new teacher, to feel comfortable swaying from the normal expectations of traditional teaching methods, my hope is that over time I can learn to incorporate these things. I THINK THERE IS HOPE FOR NEW METHODS...

So what do you guys think about Kajour? Have any of you teachers used it within the classroom? What works and what doesn't? Is it worth becoming a member of? I am very interested in learning as much as I can about this website, and all your comments will be very appreciated