Well, you’re participating in social media right now whether you want to or not 
You’re online (an open space) and you are participating in someone else’s ideas (mine at the moment) via this blog (a place of conversation). Maybe what you don’t understand (yet) is that I hope you will write something too. I want to participate in your ideas in this online space. I want to have a conversation hosted online so we can store what we create together and return to it and reflect later.
The bottom line, social media is about learning to share ideas and information.
Our mothers all taught us to share.
There are too many kinds of social media to tabulate (especially if you are new to this medium of sharing), so I want to share just ONE blog post about ONE social media outlet: Twitter. I know, you don’t have time, you’re busy with other things, but if you read ONE short post about social media I hope it’s this one. Why Teachers Should Join Twitter.
Here are some responses so far from Twitter-using teachers:
Carolyn just left a comment on my blog, yay for her! Hope to see more people participating in this online discussion or starting their own!