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PUBLIC MARKS from jlesage with tags usability & SocialNetworking

December 2006

EVERYTHING 2.0: KNOWLEDGE 2.0

by 1 other
links to knowledge sharing or knowledge management site; larger site is most comprehensive listing of web2.0 sites I have seen, organized into many categories; blogger is from Netherlands

November 2006

SEOmoz's Web 2.0 Awards

March 06; useful discursive comparison by judges of top contenders in each of many categories, which rhetorically can be used to teach students how to write about the Internet; sizeable honorable mention lists

Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

by 7 others
rather technical; useful list of many web2.0 bloggers; frequent comparison of sites serving a similar function

Please help me find movies that end with the main character dying. | Ask MetaFilter

It's a query that garnered 135 comments and added film titles within ten days. It lets me think MetaFilter might be fun for students, to craft media-related questions that would get lots of responses, simple queries like this one.

Adding meaning and value to information

what we do with information that might make it useful and desirable to others

THE PECULIARITIES OF CYBERSPACE by Albert Benschop

complete book online, covers many areas often not dealt with, such as porn sites and dating sites; one insight that may draw you to read more: "the times that count in cyberspace are highly accelerated and strongly individualized."

Wayfaring

by 26 others
Create a map of your life* Build a map for your event* Make a travelogue* Create a map with photos and videos

heyjude

by 1 other
Judy O'Connell, heyjude, also has a wonderful del.icio.us site; this is her blog. All things Web 2.0, especially as related to education.

October 2006

September 2006

Wired News: Web 2.0 Winners and Losers

sept 06, one person's take on what's useful or irritating; I am also turned off by terrible graphic design on a web site.

August 2006

July 2006

Read/WriteWeb: Archives

by 32 others
useful in-depth articles, usually one a day; not all of equal interest

May 2006

Everything Web 2.0 list, March 06

by 54 others
a list of the applications available, categorized but not evaluated; lots of things to try