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This section will, in due course, list with brief reviews free web 2.0 services suitable for inclusion in the development of personal learning environments. At the moment it is rather out of date and needs a spring clean. I will probably rewrite it to priviledge sytems and applications I am using the most and have evaluated extensively. Other lists will contain systems I have tried and can make some comment on. Finally there will be a list of systems I am aware of but have no experience in using.

Blogs

Blogger (Google)
LiveJournal
Wordpress.com an industry standard. Free fully functional wordpress blogs hosted here.

Groupware

Google Groups – mainly for discussion boards and sharing files but can also create web pages and email group membership. Hidden private groups by invite only possible.
Yahoo Groups – haven’t tried these yet but allows sharing of photos, group events calendars, polls and link sharing. Need to check on pages and emailing members as well as privacy options.

Social Networks

FaceBook – very popular social networking site for mainly students but recenty branched out for other institutions. Has a group facility as well.
Ning – set up complete selfcontained private or public social networks. Share files and photos. Discussion boards. Individual member’s home pages and blogs. Groups with its own set of communication tools. Private or public. Email all members.

Aggregators

GoogleReader
Bloglines

Social Bookmarking

Delicious
Simpy
CiteUlike

Wikis

PBworks
Wetpaint
Wikispaces
Google Sites

Personal Homepages/portals

Pageflakes
Netvibes
iGoogle

Microblogging

Twitter

Chat

Meebo

Conference/meetings

Yugma
DimDim

Email services

Gmail