LIBR 246-12: Web 2.0 and Social Networking Tools (Fall 2008)

Notify.me

This is a neat looking software that allows you to sorts and sends your RSS feeds by subject in whatever manner you want. You can get the latest Iphone news txted right to your phone. It even alerts you through instant messaging client.

This is a great little service could be very useful if you find that all the rss posts are starting to pile up. This at least allows you to organize in a manner you wish.

TeacherTube is a video hosting site devoted to sharing instructional videos,  similar to Youtube’s function and layout.   The site is safe for classroom use as well as for home learners.  TeacherTubes has thousand of videos mostly educationally focused made by students a

Daniel Chudnov, an information technology librarian working at the Library of Congress, provides a provocative perspective towards Facebook and social networks in general. I must admit Chudnov’s sense of humor trapped me first, but then I realized he is raising very serious issues regarding our social heritage. He states that social networks provide a reverse effect by which users become consumers and suppliers at the same time, and therefore, a commodity; all users are considered access points.

Resource Outside of the Classwork

Chopin, K. (2008). Finding communities: alternative viewpoints through weblogs and tagging. Journal of Documentation, 64 (4), 552-575. Retrieved October 2, 2008 from Emerald.

This is the brief of a long, but interesting article: