Building Connections- Social Networking

When thinking about this whole idea of Connectivism and what that means for teachers in the classroom today, the concept of "social networking" comes into play.  In order to build and create connections that instill and continue the process of learning, social networking is something that teachers need to consider.  I found a social networking group that I feel might be useful to me called Classroom 2.0.  This group is all about how we, as teachers, can take social media and the Web and incorporate these things into our classroom, in order to enhance the learning process.  Furthermore, you have a network of colleagues who are in the same boat as you.  We are all trying to find out new information and resources that will be something that would benefit the classroom environment, and we are all, at the same time, learning from each other.  Through digital dialogue and feedback, I could learn about resources like "Brainpop".  As Alan Levine stated in his video "New Media Consortium", establishing a network of colleagues both in and out of your field is essential because we can't know everything.  It's through these networks that we can keep on learning... obtaining knowledge that will help make us better teachers for our students.