Wikis
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Web-based content management software that allows users to freely collaborate on projects together, sharing ideas while creating and editing documents. Wikipedia is the most well-known example of a public wiki. Many companies are creating internal, password-protected wikis on their intranet servers that can only be accessed by employees (e.g. Milne Library Wiki). A few free wiki hosting sites you may want to check out are PBwiki, Wikispaces and Zoho wiki.
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Blogs
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Short for Web logs, blogs originally started out as online journals. Blogs are used to disseminate information and those who read them can comment and discuss the information directly on the blog page. Blogs are now used by professionals and companies alike to publish content of all sorts.
Many organizations have even begun using blogging platforms to create pages that serve as their entire Web site. For example, the library for the Metropolitan Museum of Art uses the blogging host WordPress to create their Web site. A few free blog hosting sites that you might want to investigate include: Tumblr, WordPress and Blogger.
You may also want to search Technorati, one of the first searchable blog directories available online, to find blogs on topics that interest you. You might also consider “claiming” or registering your own blog through Technorati and other blog searching services to increase its visibility in the blogosphere.
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Collaborative Project Applications
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Used to create and share spreadsheets, word processing documents, or PowerPoint presentations with project members and/or clients. Google Docs and Zoho Docs are two such technologies that you may want to explore.
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Social Bookmarking
For more info check out this YouTube video on Social Bookmarking. |
Also called Folksonomy, these applications provide the ability to tag, store, and search for bookmarks online—making them accessible from any Web browser simply by logging into your password-protected account. Save your bookmarks for your eyes only or share them with the world. In addition, you can search the tags that others have publically bookmarked. Some popular social bookmarking services include Deliciousand Diigo (more about Diigo on YouTube). |
| RSS and Aggregators |
RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds are used to publish frequently updated works—such as blog entries, podcasts, news headlines, audio, and video blogs (called vlogs). RSS technology can be used to imbed these into web pages or help you keep track of all of these frequently updated works that you wish to read or “follow” by sending them to one place—an aggregator. Popular aggregators include Google Reader, Google News, Feedly, Bloglines, Drupal and Newsgator. |
| Mashups |
Web applications that combine data and/or functionality from more than one source. Some examples include Travature, WikiCrimes, RadioClouds and a.placebetween.us. |
| Micro blogging |
Social messaging service in which blogging meets text messaging as you send messages of 140 characters or less to others in your network. Popular examples include Twitter, Feedly, and Plurk. |
| Social Networking |
Social networking sites allow you to create a public profile and connect with others with similar interests. Facebook, MySpace, and LinkedIn. |
| Social Bibliographic/ Reference Management |
Soon to be Web 2.0! Zotero is a free Firefox browser extention that allows you to:
- gather and organize research sources
- store full reference information (e.g. author, title, and publication) that can be exported into a research paper as formatted references
- save your research sources so that you can work with them offline
- insert your references into a word document as you work
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