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projectsorproblems.Theconceptofsocialsoftwareencompassesanumber
ofcommunicationtools:
thosethatareclearlyWeb1.0(Internetmessaging,textchatandInternet
forums);
thoseoftentermedpre-Web2.0(blogs,weblogsandwikis);
Web2.0developments(socialnetworksearchengines,socialnetwork
services,socialguides,socialbookmarking,sociallibraries,andpeer-to-peer
socialnetworks).
Theabove,especiallysocialnetworkingsitessuchasMySpace,Facebook,
Friendster.com,Tagged.com,Xanga.com,aswellashundredsofotherservicesof
asimilarnature,allowtheaccomplishmentofthemajorfeatureofWeb2.0which
is"Webasaplatform,”enablinguserstointeractwithoneanother,thuspreventing
treatingtheWebasaseriesofisolatedinformationsilos(Thompson,2007).
Similarly,Alexander(2006)claimsthatsocialnetworkingsites,representedby
dozensofprojectswiththemostpopularbeingFacebook(http://www.facebook.
com),MySpace(http://www.myspace.com),andNaszaKlasa(http://www.nk.pl),
facilitateanewkindofcollaborativeresearchbyenablingonetofindpeoplewith
clearlymatchinginterests(Thompson,2007).
Fromapracticalside,theanalysisofWeb2.0toolsdirectories(suchasAll
ThingsWeb2.0,http://www.allthingsweb2.com/;SacredCowDung,http://www.
sacredcowdung.com/archives/2006/03/all_things_web.html;Go2Web20.net,http://
www.go2web20.net/;EverythingWeb2.0Directory,http://www.listio.com/web20/;
and2.0Websites,http://www.listio.com/web20/,showsagreatproliferationoftools,
servicesandapplicationsofvariouskinds,bothindependentonesandmash-ups.
Itwouldbeimpossibletoprovideparticularexamplesofeach;however,itseems
usefultopinpointthoseofmajorinteresttothelanguageteacher:
Multimedia2.0:audio,images,imaging,mapping,videos,podcasts,
drawing,andInternetTV
.
Authoring2.0:onlineofficeandPowerPoint,publishing,blogs,wikis,and
spreadsheets.
Search2.0:searchengines,RSS,tagging,bookmarking,visualsearchtools,
metasearches,andbrowsers.
Collaboration2.0:chat,collaboration,whiteboarding,voicemail,mail,
videoconferencing,groupnotetaking.
Socialising2.0:filesharing,socialbookmarking,socialnetworks,pollsand
votingbooths.
e-Learning2.0:virtuallearningenvironments,holdingmeetingsonline,
projectmanagement,presencemonitoringandassessment.
ThecollaborativeaspectoftheWeb2.0approach,especiallyconnected
withsocialnetworking,hastriggeredthedevelopmentofapplicationsenabling
collaborativeworkonprojectsandthemes.Animportantexamplearesocial