Steve Hargadon es el creador de Classroom 2.0., una red social que ha permitido a los profesores y alumnos comunicarse más intensamente. Mediante el desarrollo de tecnologías que posibilitan el desarrollo de videoconferencias múltiples y sencillas con calidad para personas en diferentes lugares del mundo. Se define de la siguiente manera:

" I am Elluminate's Social Learning Consultant, founder of the Classroom 2.0 social network, host of the Future of Education interview series, and co-chair of the Global Education Conference (links below). I pioneered the use of social networking in education, particularly for professional development.

I blog, speak, and consult on educational technology, I run the Open Source Pavilion and speaker series for the ISTE, CUE, and other edtech shows, and I am the organizer of the annual EduBloggerCon, OpenSourceCon, and the "unplugged" and "bloggers' cafe" areas at both ISTE and CUE. I am also the Emerging Technologies Chair for ISTE, a regular columnist at School Library Journal, the author of "Educational Networking: The Important Role Web 2.0 Will Play in Education," the recipient of the 2010 Technology in Learning Leadership Award (CUE), and a blogger at www.SteveHargadon.com.

I have consulted for PBS, Intel, Ning, KnowledgeWorks Foundation, CoSN, the U.S. State Department, and others on educational technology and specifically on social networking"