Social networking tools in MW-SONET Evaldas Karazinas Social networking A social network is a social structure made of individuals (or organizations) called "nodes," which are tied (connected) by one or more specific types of interdependency, such as friendship, kinship, financial exchange, dislike, sexual relationships, or relationships of beliefs, knowledge or prestige. Social networking sites Tucode MW-SONET A community with special needs and interests Social networking tools Blogs Forums File repositories Picture galleries Bookmarking Video services Personal porfolios Wikis A range of web-based software that allows users to interact and share data with other users The one that enables people to rendezvous, connect or collaborate through computer-mediated collaboration. Software that enables groups interaction and knowledge sharing Open questions What tools we should introduce to our community and how we imagine they will be used. How are we going to encourage them?