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

Reflections on social media networking and marketing

Top 100 Tools for Learning 2008

This is a wonderful compilation of Web 2.0 tools as rated by professionals in education and business.  Many of them we've discussed in this class.  The tools are orginized in categories such as Top Screen Capture and Screencasting Tools.  I particularly liked the key to availability which indicates whether the tool is free, downloadable, open source, et cetera.

Smithsonian: Podcasts

The Smithsonian offers podcasts on a variety of topics.  This collection would be a wonderful resource for research on, including but not limited to, art, history, music, and science.  The Global Sound Podcasts include music from all around the world.  Morever, it featuresTools for Teaching, resources and lesson plans for grades K-12.

I found this post on David Lee King's blog last week and have been holding onto it for this week's topic.  In his post, David talks about the various elements on his library's Facebook page, and what he would like to add. He also goes into what works and what may not be working on his page.  he even asked other library Facebookers what they do with their Facebook page.  This blog post may even help with ideas for this week's exercise :)

Parry, D. (2008).  Wikipedia and the new curriculum.  Science Progress.

How Cisco Tried to Make Routers Sexy Using Social Media
(there title not mine)

I find this interesting for two reasons. This server was designed specifically for social software functions. That means that social software has such a foothold that it has made the number one company for internet technology design a hardware product specifically for it.