[school-discuss] Re: [IIEP] are these examples of social software?

[Teemu Leinonen <teemu.leinonen@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Tony, Virgina et. all,

The term "social software" is a buzzword used when making references
to the group of online tools that are are primary relying on social
behavior of groups. When talking about social  software people mainly
use it when they mean:

* weblog tools
* wiki tools
* social bookmarking tools
* social network services
* picture sharing services

Furthermore I would include under trhe "social software" category the
following:

* Computer supported collaborative working tools
* Computer supported collaborative learning tools
* Discussion and chat tools
* Knowledge building tools

From the Virgina's list I would include under the category of
"social software" only the following + the following (1) software
package and (2) online services (and the list is no mean complete):



> phpBB
> http://phpbb.com
>
> YABB (Yet Another Bulletin Board)
> http://www.yabbforum.com
>
> Fle3 (Future learning environment)
> http://fle3.uiah.fi


> ACollab (Accessible Collaboration)
> http://www.atutor.ca/acollab/index.php
>
> phpCollab
> http://www.php-collab.co


> Jabber
> http://www.jabber.org
>
> eGroupWare
> http://www.egroupware.org

+

(1) Software packages:

MediaWiki
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki
"MediaWiki is a free Wiki software package that is used to run
Wikipedia and other projects of the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,
as well as many other wikis."

WordPress
http://wordpress.org/
"WordPress is a state-of-the-art semantic personal publishing
platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability."

de.lirio.us
http://de.lirio.us
An open-source clone of del.icio.us (see below), with open data
formats & private bookmarks.

Unalog
http://unalog.com/
open-source bookmarking software written in python.

(2) Online services:

del.icio.us
http://del.icio.us/
"del.icio.us is a social bookmarks manager. It allows you to easily
add sites you like to your personal collection of links, to
categorize those sites with keywords, and to share your collection
not only between your own browsers and machines, but also with others."

LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/
"With LinkedIn, you find the people, jobs and services you need
through the people you know and trust, while you strengthen and
extend your existing network."

Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/
Online photo management and sharing service.

Best regards,

    - Teemu

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Teemu Leinonen
http://www.uiah.fi/~tleinone/
+358 50 351 6796
Media Lab
http://mlab.uiah.fi
University of Art and Design Helsinki
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