Social Networking Tools ("Web 2.0"

Social Networking Tools ("Web 2.0")

Blogs & Wikis	Twitter	Second Life	Video Sharing Services	“Sharing” Tools	Social Networking Sites
Online Communities	Chat	Podcasting	Other Audio Tools	Google Tools	Information Management

Blogs & Wikis	Resources for Blogs and Wikis		http://www.pitt.edu/~cbsiskin/ling2148/blogs&wikis.html
Twitter	micro-blogging service		http://www.twitter.com More resources for Twitter: http://www.edvista.com/claire/callcourse/twitter.html
Second Life	3-D virtual world		http://secondlife.com/ More resources for Second Life: http://www.edvista.com/claire/callcourse/sl.html
Video Sharing services	YouTube	video sharing	http://www.youtube.com/ More resources for YouTube: http://www.edvista.com/claire/callcourse/youtube.html
	TeacherTube	videos by and for teachers	http://www.teachertube.com
	SciVee	video presentations by scientists	http://www.scivee.tv/
Other "sharing" tools	Flickr	photo sharing	http://www.flickr.com/
	SlideShare	share presentations on the web	http://www.slideshare.net/
	Shelfari	interactive social media site for book lovers	http://www.shelfari.com/
Social networking sites	Facebook		http://www.facebook.com/
	MySpace		http://www.myspace.com/
	LinkedIn		http://www.linkedin.com/
	Ning		http://www.ning.com/

	Orkut		http://www.orkut.com
Online communities	Yahoo Groups		http://groups.yahoo.com/
	Google Groups		http://groups.google.com/
	Nexo		http://nexo.com/
	scribblar		http://scribblar.com
	TappedIn		http://tappedin.org/
Chat programs	Yahoo Messenger		http://voice.yahoo.com/
	AOL Instant Messenger		http://www.aim.com/
	MSN Messenger		http://get.live.com/messenger/overview
	iChat		http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/ichat/
Podcasting	Podomatic		http://www.podomatic.com/
	Odeo		http://odeo.com/
	Gcast		http://www.gcast.com
Other audio tools	Skype	Make "phone calls" over the Internet	http://www.skype.com/
	Chinswing	global message board where anyone can add voice messages to ongoing topical discussions	http://www.chinswing.com/
	Vaestro	audio forum software that you can use on your website	http://www.vaestro.com/
	YackPack	connects group members with live talk and voice messages	http://www.yackpack.com/
	VoiceThread	place to collect images and annotate with voice	http://voicethread.com/
	gabcast	podcasting and audioblogging platform; possible to make recordings by phone	http://www.gabcast.com/
	Kadoink	Interface between phone and web	http://www.kadoink.com/
Google Tools	Google Calendar	share appointments	http://www.google.com/calendar/
	Google Docs	create, store and share text based documents	From Google, click on "More" and select "Documents"
	Google Spreadsheets	create, store and share spreadsheet documents	From Google, click on "More" and select "Documents"
Managing information on the Internet	del.icio.us	social bookmarks manager	http://del.icio.us/ Social Bookmarking Tutorial: Using Del.icio.us and Diigo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meyiH9E60hY&feature=related
	diigo	"knowledge sharing community"	http://www.diigo.com/index YouTube movie about diigo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RvAkTuL02A Teacher feedback with Diigo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYxw6qrWt14&feature=related
	Technorati	Internet search engine for searching blogs	http://technorati.com/
	Clipmarks	tool for tagging, storing, organizing, and sharing snippets of Web pages	http://www.clipmarks.com/
	Wridea	project management tool	http://www.wridea.com/

For more Web 2 sites: http://www.go2web20.net/

Top 10 Web 2.0 Tools for Young Learners (by Chris Riedel): http://www.thejournal.com/articles/23898_2

Building Relationships: 10 Ways to Get the Most Out of Social Networking Sites (by Dustin Wax):
http://www.lifehack.org/articles/communication/building-relationships-10-ways-to-get-the-most-out-of-social-networking-sites.html

Last revised: April 11, 2010