Susan Meell, CEO of MMS Education, Lisa Schmucki, founder & CEO of edWeb.net, and John F. Hood, President of MCH, Inc. presented findings from a joint research study of educators' use of social networks and content-sharing tools. Key takeaways from the webinar include:

• Social networking sites have different appeal for teachers, librarians, and principals.
• Educators use different types of social networking sites for different purposes.
• Educators see value for social networking in many areas of education. 
• Selection of content-sharing tools varies for personal, professional, and classroom use. 
• Looking ahead, educators are more likely to join a social networking site dedicated to educators.

Here are just a few of the comments we received:

• "Hearing the results confirm what I was thinking about the status of SNS for educators." 
• "Lots of good information to share with our policy makers." 
• "It was all about the facts. The presenters were excellent and well informed." 
• "Thank you for doing this research and openly sharing the results with the world!"

Attendees were encouraged to contact any of the sponsors with additional questions or areas where they felt additional research would be beneficial.

Click here to listen to the webinar.

Click here to download the Final Report.