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Social/Niche Networks

 

Facebook

 

From the Educause 7 things you should know series

 

 

Ning

 

From the Educause 7 things you should know series

 

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LinkedIn

From linkedin.com

  • Over 30 million professionals use LinkedIn to exchange information, ideas and opportunities.

  • Find past and present colleagues and classmates quickly.

  • Discover inside connections when you’re looking for a job or new business opportunity.

 

 

LiveCasting

 

Qik

 

From Qik.com

  • Qik enables you to share your moments live with your friends, family and the world—right from your mobile phone!
  • Qik's focus is on developing the perfect mobile video platform, providing the highest quality of live video experience across all devices and networks.
  • Qik also gives you the power to broadcast to partner sites like Mogulus, Justin.tv, Twitter and Pownce.

 

 

 

 

Ustream.tv 

 

From Ustream.tv

  • Ustream.TV is the live interactive video broadcast platform that enables anyone with a camera and an Internet connection to quickly and easily broadcast to a global audience of unlimited size. In less than two minutes, anyone can become a broadcaster by creating their own channel on Ustream or by broadcasting through their own site, empowering them to engage with their audience and further build their brand.

 

From the Educause 7 things you should know series

 

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Video chat rooms at Ustream

 

 

Mogolus

 

From mogulus.com

  • Mogulus is the most powerful live broadcast platform on the internet.

  • Producers can use the Mogulus browser-based Studio application to create LIVE, scheduled and on-demand internet television to broadcast anywhere on the web through a single player widget.

  • With Mogulus, producers can broadcast live from a mobile phone; use a customizable flash player with integrated chat; and develop a branded channel page on Mogulus.com that incorporates interactive chat.

 

 

Justin.tv

 

From Justin.tv

  • Justin.tv is the leader in live video and the place to broadcast and share video online.

 

 

Microblogging

 

Twitter

Build a community of learners with like-minded individuals who publicly share updates of their thoughts, ideas, and URLs.

 

From www.twitter.com:

  • People are eager to connect with other people and Twitter makes that simple. Twitter asks one question, "What are you doing?" Answers must be under 140 characters in length and can be sent via mobile texting, instant message, or the web.

 

From the Educause 7 things you should know series

 

From Doug Belshaw's blog: teaching.mrbelshaw.co.uk

 

Fifteen Interesting Ways* to use Twitter in the Classroom

 

From The Chronicle of Higher Education

 

 

Twitter in Plain English from leelefever on Vimeo.

 

 

Twitter Applications

The are a large number of applications designed to integrate with Twitter and provide extended functionality. Check out this great resource, Twitter Fan Wiki, to learn more. 

 

twitpic

 

MobyPicture

  • Another way to share photos in Twitter.

 

Twitlet

Now there is an easier way of posting webpages with Twitlet. Simply use words #link or #this to include current page’s URL in your tweet.

 

 

 

Plurk

 

From Plurk.com

  • Plurk is an easy way to chronicle and share the things you do, the way you feel, and all the other things in between that make up your life, with the people close to you. It's instant gratification, instant self-indulgence, instant celebrity, instantly YOU. Share your life stream, live your life….Plurk!

 

From Teach42

  • Why I *heart* Plurk

  • Conversations are threaded together. When you reply to someone, it STAYS with the original post.

 

Benefits of using Plurk

  • Ask questions and get feedback (EXAMPLE)
  • Live blog conference session and events (EXAMPLE)
  • Share important thoughts and ideas (EXAMPLE)

 

Other Plurk Resources

 

 

ShoutEm

From Teach42

  • ShoutEm is to Twitter as Ning is to Facebook

  • ShoutEm is a create-your-own-Twitter platform.
  • It means that we finally have the ability to create our own Twitters for niche purposes.
  • Teachers can use it for any classroom project, with full privacy or publicity as needed.

 

Brueckei Microblogging Site

 

 

 

Twingr

From Twingr.com:

With Twingr, you can create a microblogging community and communicate with friends and other people that share your same interests.

  • Keep up with everyone in your circle
  • Share your thoughts and get feedback from your colleagues
  • Start the conversation on what makes you tick
  • Learn about what you really care about
  • Your interests. Your needs. Your group

 

 

 

 

Lifestreams

 

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