Joan says

Wow! I really love the idea of this because, in my opinion, it has a purpose. Once school starts, I would never have time to just social network to see what my friends are doing, so I haven’t gotten involved in Facebook, etc. However, the idea of social networking with other Social Studies teachers is exciting to me. I looked at Ning and clicked on Social Studies. There was an explanation of a project that a class had done called “People and Culture – the Way We Are” which shows how a class communicated with a class in another country to find out about them by email, and then created a digital history to show what they learned. I also clicked on one of the groups called “I Teach Social Studies” which looked like a great way to share ideas and learn more from other teachers in my professional learning. I think I am going to join Ning. I could see how this type of networking could be very helpful to me.