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Tapping Into Social Networking for E-learning, June 2006.**
 * Welcome to the E-learning Networks Wiki for the online event,

(Picture from [|Flikr - Nancy's blog view])

A refresher... [|Web 2.0] generally refers to a second generation of services available on the [|World Wide Web] that lets people collaborate and share information online, generally using web based applications for example [|social software] such as [|blogs] and [|wikis]. More info on Web 2.0 at [|Wikipedia]**,** the free online encyclopedia or **[|Sacred Cow Dung] blog or for a more annotated list check out the winners of Seomoz's [|Web 2.0 awards].**

Ok, so now it's your turn!!!

//I would encourage you to take the opportunity to register a Edublogs (// [|//http://www.edublogs.org///] //) account which will grant you an ad-free wikispace and network your events into a sustainable format - Alex Hayes ( please remove if this does not suit )//

Share below your favourite Web 2.0 site, click on **edit**, give a short explanation of what it is, why you like it and what you use it for! If you'd like some credit for your entry just add your name to the end of it. Oh! and remember to click **Save** or you'll lose your entry. :) Thanks, Frankie

My current fave would have to be [|http://del.icio.us] - not only because I can store and access my bookmards from any computer, but because it's taken over from Google for most of my topic based searches, just entering del.icio.us/tag/[sometopic] in the browser address bar always brings up a wealth of user tested content - here's an example: looking for the tag: web2.0 ... http://del.icio.us/tag/web2.0

How about Web2.0 list http://web2list.com/?menu=top - a web 2.0 site that lets users vote on their favourite web 2.0 web sites?

Your turn!


 * Utilities**


 * 1) agreeAdate [|http://www.agreeAdate.com]. It lets you suggest dates for a meeting or social get-together and then painlessly collects availabil information from everyone via email. You can then choose the best date and email everyone to let them know with a few clicks. Saves loads of time!

1. [|Peter LeCornu] [|http://lecornu.blogspot.com]
 * Blogs**

2. [|Michael Coghlan’s Blog] http://mikecogh.blogspot.com/

3. [|Cmap] lists lots of great educational Blogs http://www.flexiblelearning.net.au/knowledgetree/special_edition/html/afl_blog_site_web.html The Knowledge Tree is now in blog software itself (WordPress Multi user) at http://kt.flexiblelearning.net.au/

4. [|Nancy White’s blog] http://www.fullcirc.com/weblog/onfacblog.htm

5. [|Stephen Downes’] blog http://www.downes.ca/

6. [|Blogging for learning] http://m.fasfind.com/wwwtools/magazines.cfm?rid=10171

7. [|Weblogs: a History and Perspective]. http://www.rebeccablood.net/essays/weblog_history.html

8. Blogging from live event today in Sydney [|http://2johns.blogspot.com]

9. Alex Hayes blog http://www.alexanderhayes.com/

10. __The__ [|e-learning Creative Community Partnerships], all around Australia, have used 'pageflakes' and 'feedjumbler' to join different streams of headlines from blog (c/-edublogs), podcast (c/-odeo), and photos (c/flickr): see how this works, at [|snurl.com/alaflakes]

11. Steven Parker's blog [|http://networklearning.blogspot.com]


 * Places to create your own blog**

1. [|Blogger] is an easy to use tool to create a blog. [|blogger.com]

2. [|Whitepages] is an ad free Australian blog site http://www.whitepage.com.au/

3. [|James Farmer’s Edublogs] http://www.edublogs.org/

4. [|Moblogs Australia] (mobile blog) [|http://www.moblogs.com.au]

5. [|Moblogs UK] http://moblog.co.uk/index.php

6. [|Audioblogger] http://www.audioblogger.com/

__[|Bloglines]__ __http://www.bloglines.com/__
 * Keep track of your blogs (and others’)**


 * Wiki List**

[|Leigh Blackhall’s] wiki http://leighblackall.wikispaces.org/

[|NetworkedLearning] - http://networkedlearning.wikispaces.org/ fabulous resource on all aspects of Knowledge Sharing with Distributed Networking Tools - covers webfeeds, social software, networked learning, tags, and read/write web. Click on the link on the left to bring it up.

[|Wikipedia] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit, great for checking out new internet terms and jargon


 * Places to create your own wiki**

[|Wiki spaces] http://www.wikispaces.org/ create your own wiki - write something and then ask a friend or colleague to edit your work. [|James Farmer’s Edublogs] site now has advert-free wikis available (powered by Wikispaces) http://www.edublogs.org/ [|Writely] http://www2.writely.com/info/WritelyOverflowWelcome.htm this is a great piece of software but there’s currently a waiting list to create wikis.

http://www.bloglines.com/myblogs my bloglines http://frankieblog.blogspot.com/ My blog http://www.writely.com/BasePage.aspx?action=docs **My wiki** http://elearningnetworks06.wikispaces.com/ Event wiki http://del.icio.us/frankieforsyth Delicious links
 * Frankie's blogs/wiki sites**

Alex Hayes' delicious page http://del.icio.us/alexanderhayes