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Outcomes

In this lesson you will gain an understanding of social networking sites and social networking tools. You will learn to use one of the most powerful online tools for managing information, knowledge and connections for your own purposes. We will use free web hosted services and Free Software.

Reading

Spend at least 20 minutes reading the articles below and follow the links on those pages to gain an understanding of the concepts and tools used in this lesson.

Concepts

• Web 2.0
• Web syndication formats
• News aggregator

Software

• Bloglines Homepage
• Blog Bridge

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