Confluence and Connectbeam . Each tool has its advantages and disadvantages. SharePoint 2007 has great power, but the ... Social Tagging (Connectbeam) enhances any organization's wealth of knowledge, but getting your users to tag can be difficult. Stop by my presentation to learn more, but for the online community, here are a few resources: SharePoint 2007: Manual | Tutorials | Quick Reference Guides Connectbeam: Box Opening Video ! (may take a moment to load) In fact, the Box Opening Video was created by yours truly while visiting Connectbeam earlier this year.

Okay, my moniker is the Northstar Nerd, thus ... the eternal debate, Geek or Nerd!? Via Puneet Gupta's blog who is the CEO of Connectbeam I learned about a new site, TradeVibes , which reviews Silicon Valley startups. This web service reviews a phenomenal number of young companies, and allows you to read reviews, and give an opinion on the future of those same companies. TradeVibes introduced me to CreateDebate . This Web 2.0 company allows any user to create debates where any netizen (i.e. user) may take part in the discussion. Thus, I pondered... what debate should I create ...

... just as easily have been called Web 2.0 Applications in Learning. It was designed to be a small to medium size group ... audience for examples of where they were currently using these tools as part of learning solutions. There were about 7 ... group blog with students prior to a formal learning event, the US Army's use of collaboration tools to share best ... . The participants were Learning Professionals from a cross section of Corporations, Academia, Military, Government (IRS ... Alongside Formal Learning 26 63% Process Information / Training 22 ...