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Just Google the term to find the site!

They are all free, web based and require no downloads. Many also have a smartphone version.

Many of them are cooler if you use an RSS reader, blog, tweet, have a smartphone, etc.

Many are cooler if you choose to buy the “pro” version

 

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Tools are grouped by similar function

(sort of)

I talk at the speed of light!

Recommendations!

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WEB 2.0 IN GENERAL

Multi-platform

Free

Actually useful

App vs. Cloud

Phone vs. Phone

Download vs. Cloud

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HERE WE GO!

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FACEBOOKFacebook is an online social networking service, whose name stems from the colloquial name for the book given to

students at the start of the academic year by some university administrations in the United States to help students get to know each other.[7] It was founded in February 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with his college roommates and fellow Harvard University students Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes.[8] The website's membership was initially limited by the founders to Harvard students, but was expanded to other colleges in the Boston area, the Ivy League, and Stanford University. It gradually added support for students at various other universities before opening to high school students, and eventually to anyone aged 13 and over. Facebook now allows any users who declare themselves to be at least 13 years old to become registered users of the site.[9]

Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as friends, and exchange messages, including automatic notifications when they update their profile. Additionally, users may join common-interest user groups, organized by workplace, school or college, or other characteristics, and categorize their friends into lists such as "People From Work" or "Close Friends". As of September 2012, Facebook has over one billion active users.[10] According to a May 2011 Consumer Reports survey, there are 7.5 million children under 13 with accounts and 5 million under 10, violating the site's terms of service.[11]

In May 2005, Accel partners invested $12.7 million in Facebook, and Jim Breyer[12] added $1 million of his own money to the pot. A January 2009 Compete.com study ranked Facebook as the most used social networking service by worldwide monthly active users.[13] Entertainment Weekly included the site on its end-of-the-decade "best-of" list, saying, "How on earth did we stalk our exes, remember our co-workers' birthdays, bug our friends, and play a rousing game of Scrabulous before Facebook?"[14] Critics, such as Facebook Detox,[15] state that Facebook has turned into a national obsession in the United States, resulting in vast amounts of time lost and encouraging narcissism. Quantcast estimates Facebook has 138.9 million monthly unique U.S. visitors in May 2011.[16] According to Social Media Today, in April 2010 an estimated 41.6% (129.5 million) of the U.S. population had a Facebook account.[17] Nevertheless, Facebook's market growth started to stall in some regions, with the site losing 7 million active users in the United States and Canada in May 2011.[18] Facebook eventually filed for an initial public offering on February 1, 2012, and was headquartered in Menlo Park, California.[2] Facebook Inc. began selling stock to the public and trading on the NASDAQ on May 18, 2012.[19]

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JUST KIDDING!

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CLASSIC PRESENTATION

Slide RocketPrezi (which I currently hate!)EmpressrCreazaLovelyCharts

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NEW MEDIA/PRESENTATION

VoiceThread

Voki

Glogster

Pinterest

CoSketch

Qik

Visual.ly

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WORK STUFF

MarkUp or AwesomeHighlighter

Toodledo

Workflowy

Pocket

RemembertheMilk

Zamzar

Scribd

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CUSTOMER SERVICE

FEEDBACKIFY

TEXTTHEMOB OR POLLEVERYWHERE

ITRULYCARE

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YOU KNOW, FOR KIDS!

HANDIPOINTS

STORYBIRD

LITTLEBIRDTALES

Smories

REDKID

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AUDIO & MUSIC

Vocaroo or AudioPal

Voki

Voicethread

Chirbit

Hark

DragonTape

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LIBRARYISH

Booklamp.org

Booktrack

Movellas or Ficly

GENI

STORIFY

SMALL DEMONS

SHARESOMESUGAR

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SEARCHING/INSTRUCTION

Quizlet

VisualThesaurus

Eyeplorer

Boolify

Wolfram Alpha

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OLDIES BUT GOODIES

LucidChart

Whatdoyousuggest

YTTM.tv

Cramberry

GovTrack or OpenCongress

DownforEveryone

Dropbox

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TWITTER/SOCIAL MEDIA TOOLS

Privately

POSTPOST

VIZIFY

KLOUT

TRENDSMAP

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JUST FOR FUN AND/OR TOTALLY WEIRD!

ivoodoo

BagCheck

Run and pee

Places I’ve Pooped

Knowyourmeme

Mindbloom

Memegenerator

BACOLICIOUS

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JUST PLAIN WEBSITES

Glean.org

Appedia

Makeuseof

Ars Technica

Mashable

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GROANS, GRUNTS, APPLAUSE, AND ????

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THANKS!

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Cynthia DudenhofferDirector of Information ResourcesCentral Methodist Universitycmdudenh@centralmethodist.edu cyn@librariancyn.comTwitter & FB: librarian_cyn