Entries Categorized as 'social software'

Video of Information Management Workshop

Date March 26, 2008

We successfully recorded the Information Management Workshop.  It ended up in two parts.
 Part 1
Part 2 
We covered using Google Reader and RSS Feeds generally, EndNote Web, del.icio.us, and Zotero.

Scholarship 2.0

Date January 12, 2008

For the last two days, I’ve been at NITLE’s Scholarly Collaboration and Small Colleges in the Digital Age conference.  It’s been a great conference so far.  Both Tim and Kathleen have been liveblogging the panels and have really good notes and commentary on each of those sessions.  Here are what I think are some key [...]

An Academic Facebook

Date November 9, 2007

Via the Wired Campus Blog, I found Pronetos, a facebook-like app for sharing research and connecting with scholars. I like the look and feel of it. It’s missing some of the more fun elements of social networking, but it’s definitely got potential. Of course, I set up an account. Like I needed another social networking [...]

Social Bookmarking - A Video Array

Date September 27, 2007

Lee LeFever on Del.icio.us, which is a social bookmarking website that makes sharing information so much easier.
You can also create similar groups with Searchles. Check out this video on how to create a TV channel with feeds from blip.tv ,MySpace and other social networking websites.

Social Software Talk Resources

Date September 26, 2007

For those of you unable to attend last week’s presentation on social software, here are a few resources from the talk:

Martha’s Bookmarks from del.icio.us
UMW Blog site
Steve’s talk web site
Jean-Claude’s wiki on his Second Life island
A talk from Jean-Claude on using wikis as lab notebooks