While social networking is expanding in popularity, little is known about how educators are using these Web 2.0 collaborative technologies, and whether or not they see a value in them for education. MMS Education has collaborated with edWeb.net and MCH to conduct a new benchmarking study of educators’ use of and attitudes about social networking and content-sharing websites.

The study, Survey of K-12 Educators on Social Networking and Content-Sharing Tools, was conducted with the input of more than 70,000 principals, school librarians and teachers.

Findings from a recent study on the supplemental materials market indicates more educators are going online to find and order supplemental materials, but traditional marketing methods are still dominant in terms of creating interest in new products.

Complete report is available here (click to download).

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