You could write a book about the pros and cons of using social networks in teaching. Indeed several people have. I have used www.facebook.com but with an institutional rather than personal account.
www.twitter.com is popular and a lot of the twitterers out there who are interested in learning technology seem to think that this tool represents a view of how collaboration and learning might be shaped in the future.
For now, I prefer www.friendfeed.com where multiple users can use the same (or their own) accounts to collaborate, share ideas and brainstorm.
There are also plenty of places where, if you’re concerned about stepping over professional boundaries and the like, you can create your own social network: http://www.mixxt.com/ (limited space on free account)
http://www.socialgo.com/ (limited storage + advertising on free account) or http://www.spruz.com/ (similar limitations)
by the way, I have set this blog to auto feed into Twitter and Facebook accounts that I have. It improves the hit rate because it enables fans of those sites to see your post without leaving the comfort and warmth of their preferred social network- not sure if that’s a good thing or not now that I just typed that.
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