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Collabulary, Not Folksonomy

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via Stephen Downes who points to a very good report capturing some of the main ideas behind Web 2.0 Ideas, Technologies and Implications for Education." The one piece of information that was new to me was this: Folksonomy versus collabulary One outcome from the practice of tagging has been the rise of the ???folksonomy???

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You're Doing That Wrong! Rule of Thumb

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report led me to post on the concept of 'collabuary' raised in the report, which prompted Stephen Downes to comment in reply , trying to distinguish between folksonomies and collabuaries (which he thinks isn't a useful term; it just means 'vocabulary' or 'taxonomy'). A link to a Web 2.0 Some others disagree.

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Live Blogging ONG Web 2.0 Conference in Romania sponsored by the Soros Foundation in Bucharest

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Described the difference between taxonomy and folksonomy. A good collaboration between the state hospital and ngo. . The purpose of the project is to keep mental health patients to share their ideas and experiences. . Difference between amatuer and professional videographer. . Gave examples of how to tag the presentation.

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NpTech Summary: Nonprofit and Social Change Digg Redux

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The result of these ad hoc collaborations was a folksonomy of terms of nonprofit technology related news and a community of taggers. And, of course, one of the community ad hoc collaborations incorporated Digg or a "Digg like" ability to crowdsource news items. And Jonathon Colman created the NpTech FriendFeed Room.

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Shoulder-to-Shoulder Instructional Media: My Tagging Screencast at NTEN!

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These program notes will help you implement some of the ideas presented in the screencast. s a folksonomy. For additional project designs and ideas, see the following case studies: Craft Emergency Resources. Dutch Nonprofits Collaborate With Del.icio.us. Here's the script from the screencast written back in October.