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Social Media Social media allows more than one user to communicate, share, collaborate and publish information or resources. Social Media is usually a tool or application that is stored in the "Cloud " or on a server that multiple users can access and not on a single users hardware. Social tools allows users access to large collective knowledge and information gathered from a network of people with like interests.

**Social or Media Literacy** - Social or Media literacy is a collection of skills need to function productively in today's society. We are no longer just consumers of information, but also producers and sharer of information.

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Social Bookmarks -
Social bookmarking is a oline site that stores bookmarks for access from any web-enabled device. It allows the user to tag and group the bookmarks for easy search and retrieval by the user and others the user wishes to share the bookmarks with. The user can share the bookmarks with a group of friends and also access the friends book marks. Different services have unique features that help the user. Check out several to find the service that has the features that be serves your needs.
 * 1) Google Bookmarks
 * 2) [|Delicious]
 * 3) [|Diigo]
 * 4) Others

**Microblogging**
Microblogging are online sites where the users posts thoughts or information to be shared with others. The posts are restricted to 140 to 160 characters.
 * **[|Plurk]**
 * [|Twitter]
 * Google+

Social Networks

 * [|Ning] - is a web tool that allows other to join or create specialized social networks. Below are a few Ning social networks that are dedicated to education
 * [|Classroom2.0]
 * [|Ning in Education]
 * [|SMART Board Revolution]
 * [|Facebook]
 * [|Shelfari] - is a social cataloging site. The use lists, tags and rates books they have read or own. Users can join groups of users with like interests. Members can subscribe to friends book shelfs to see what each other is reading or discuss books they are interested in.

Photo Sharing and Editing

 * Flickr
 * Picasa - Web Albums

Social Collaboration Tools
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 * VoiceThread
 * Edmodo

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