Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

I often talk about the idea of taking social technology out of the Web and putting it into physical museums as part of our exhibitions and programs. This post explains that project and suggests a process by which you could approach this kind of “virtual-to-real” design. Why are folksonomies useful? Projects Core Museum 2.0

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Examples Design Folksonomy Virtual 40

Museum 2.0

APRIL 7, 2008

Ideally, rather than a taxonomy set by me, we could create a folksonomy (in the Web 2.0 Some of the suggestions I've been considering: --reader-generated tags (right now I set the topic tags for each post, not sure how to do this with Blogger but it could be possible) pumping up the "What is Museum 2.0?"

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Taxonomy Museum Folksonomy Rate 20

Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

Tagging can be a great activity for volunteers, as it provides an opportunity to volunteer virtually by adding tags to the digital content your organization has on photo or video sharing sites such as Flickr and YouTube. What Value Do Folksonomies Bring To The Online Museum Collection? Tagging Tutorials - Part 1 Flickr.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2006

And this year it may very well be virtual volunteering. Jayne Cravens has a great piece on the topic here and you find an excellent how-to article for using SKYPE with virtual volunteers here. The article offers some clear explanations of taxonomies and folksonomies, but goes on to give many reasons why you should dislike folksonomies.

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Summary Folksonomy Turkey Second Life 50