Social Networking sites:
MySpace /Facebook / MSN Spaces
These sites allow users to easily create their own profiles, create blogs, and share photos
Facebook is for students at participating colleges only
MySpace has had a lot of media coverage lately because of the possibility of pedophiles “lurking” and teens using it to “dis” each other or teachers
On the positive side, libraries are creating Myspace profiles and publicizing themselves
Musicians and Authors are also using these sites to connect with fans
Image Hosting/Photo Sharing
Flickr.com: Photos can be stored online and shared with others
Descriptive tags can be applied to each photo
A free account allows 100 photos. A professional account is $25/year
People can create a joint “pool” of photos that all can add to
(On a personal note, I plan to explore using Flickr to share photos of this summer’s family reunion with my cousins around the country!)
Mashing
Combining multiple data sets or applications
API= Application Program Interface
ie using Google Maps plus a list of locations to create a map of whatevers
Talis has a brief discussion
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