Social Networking

I believe social networking sites are an amazing resource for teachers.  They allow us to communicate with teachers from all around the world.  For example last year a few of my colleagues and I started a band director PLC on facebook.  This group started with 15 members.  Presently we have over 8,000 members.  The basis of this group and many other educationally valid groups on a social networking site is that one teacher asks a question and receives multiple responses.  Through these actions we have been able to connect with directors from all around the country/world.  We have started writing articles and a depository for classroom materials.  We even had a member meeting from the group at a national conference that is held annually in Chicago.  Due to the fact that facebook came out when I was in undergrad I am pretty used to checking it regularly and being an active member in the groups that I currently am in.   Social networking is part of my personal and professional work flow and as a young teacher I have been able to really find deep answers as part of social network.  I feel that many of my peers don't know how to implement social networking in their professional lives, but our students certainly are using social networking daily.