Saturday, July 25, 2009

Collaboration/Social Networking - Thank you Librarian Chick @ http://librarianchick.pbworks.com/#Collaboration/SocialNetworking

•4shared - Upload, download and share music, books, video and more with 5 BG of free space
•Blackboard Scholar - A social bookmarking service customized for education
•CentralDesktop - Shared workspaces and Web conferencing that let you collaborate anytime
•CollectivX - Social networking for groups of all types and sizes
•Connotea - Free social reference management for researchers, clinicians and scientists
•Edmodo - A microblogging platform where teachers and students can exchange notes, links, files, alerts, assignments, etc.
•Eduforge - An open access environment designed for the sharing of ideas, research outcomes, open content and open source software for education
•eHow - More than 100,000 articles that are professionally written with clear and concise directions on how to do things
•Elgg - A free social networking site for education based on the open source Elgg social networking platform
•eloops - Online calendar, data backup, project management, and social networking
•ePals - Communicate with classrooms in 182 countries, and collaborate with teachers around the world
•First Tutors - Search to find UK private tutors in your area
•Gimao - Group knowledge and information management
•GroupLoop - Simple web-based software to organize your group
•Groupvine - Groups made easy, fun and simple
•Imagination Cubed - Collaborative drawing tool
•Instructables - A community for sharing and learning tips and instructions
•iPeer - Develop and deliver peer evaluations, review and release student comments, build rubrics and progress report forms online, etc
•Jotspot - Create and share documents, spreadsheets, calendars and more
•Jottit - Create simple websites and collaboritive blogs that are easy to edit and share
•KnowledgeForge - A digital open knowledge community that provides the facilities and tools to create everything from textbooks to maps
•Labmeeting - Scientists can upload, search, organize, and retrieve their research papers and recommend them to colleagues
•MindMeister Basic - Hold online real-time brainstorming sessions with friends and colleagues
•OneBigU - Earn money for answering questions posed by other users or donate that money to support a good cause
•Qipit - Copy and share documents with your camera phone or digital camera
•Sakai - An online collaboration and learning environment for education
•Scribd - Upload your documents, share them with others and explore an expanding library of documents submitted by others
•SpringNote - Collaborate, share files, and create pages with numerous templates and 2 GB free storage
•Squidoo - A community where you can share your expertise and learn from others
•Tapped In - Where teachers, librarians, administrators, university faculty, students, and researchers gather to learn, collaborate, share, and support
•Thinkature - Free unlimited workspaces for real-time collaboration online
•ThinkFold - Groups can collaborate on ideas, documents, presentations and plans
•Tuggle - Catapult your organization's administration and communication methods
•Tutor Hunt - Connecting private tutors and students for free

•Versionate - Create, edit content and share documents with others
•Wikiversity - Students and teachers are invited to join the project as collaborators in teaching, learning, and research
•wis.dm - A social web application for college students and recent graduates, that enables members to promote, learn, share and engage
•Wridea - Collaborative brainstorm sessions and a place to get your ideas organized
•ZedZone - A powerful website for communication, sharing files, and/or collaboration for any community or group
•Zoho - Create, aggregate, and share content with this intensive collection of productivity and collabration applications