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Social Networking & Virtual Worlds

Find out what the buzz is about by joining these networks: 

• librarytechcamp.ning.com -- Created by Capital Region BOCES for the these tech camp training sessions.
• library20.ning.com  -- A very active  community for anyone interested in Library 2.0 topics.
• teacherlibrarian.ning.com  -- Joyce Valenza created this network on ning.com  "For those of us who connect, teach, share, and lead in new information landscapes. Come play in this exciting learning sandbox! Pose questions in the forum. Add your images and video! Post in the blog."
• classroom20.ning.com    For those interested in Web 2.0 and collaborative technologies in education. Browse/search the forum postings for curriculum ideas.

Other popular social networking services and communities:

• Facebook
• MySpace
• LibraryThing  -- books
• flickr  -- photography
• twitter - what are YOU doing (in 140 characters or less)

  • Not sure why twitter can be useful? Read this post: It’s “Tweet”!: Twitter, A Seriously Fun Social Networking Tool

  • And check out the Election Twitter Stream What do you make of this?

• Ravelry  -- knitting

Virtual Worlds 

• Second Life
• Club Penguin
• Suffern Middle School in Second Life - Read about the experiences of these educators setting up a virtual world in Teen Second Life.

More Resources

• The Art of Building Virtual Communities

Second Life Resources

• Jill Hurst-Wahl -- PPT on Second Life
• Jill Hurst-Wahl -- class handout for Second Life
• Annotated bibliography of Second Life Educational Resources online
• It's Not Whether You Win or Lose, but How You Play the Game: The Role of Virtual Worlds in Education
• Resources for 3-D Virtual Learning Environments
• A Report on the First Year of Operation of the Alliance Second Life Library 2.0 Project also known as the Alliance Information Archipelago