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Putting it all Together - synthesising and communicating the process and learning ^ Home Activities Resources Community Links

When adding resources to this page, try to keep the page structure similar to the Activities page to make it easy for learners to find resources relevant to specific Activities.

Completion status: this resource is a stub, so not much has been done yet.

Ideally, structure the resources to match and thereby support the Activities.

Tools

Search the web, university departments concerned with (e.g.) informatics, and any other sources you know of for tools which may help in consolidating and putting together your final report (and in supporting the whole process of your idea development).

The links below will lead you to resources others have found useful including software, report templates, online resources, etc.

If you find anything useful that is not already listed, please add to the lists.

Software

• FLOSS used by Social Entrepreneurs and Students of Social Entrepreneurship
• For campaign management, some CRM software has relevant features, such as
  • vtiger CRM
  • openCRX
  • SugarCRM

Report Templates

• Some Open Office Templates
• Working with Templates in Writer
• Page Layout and Template

Online Resources

The following may be used directly, but some may also be downloaded for local installation (e.g. in your university). Recommend using only the free options.

Check for things like cost, how much file space, security, and other features. Test before settling on any option.

Blogs

• LiveJournal
• Wordpress (download site)

Wikis

• Wikispaces

Project Management

• Collabtive
• OpenProj
• Huddle - collaborative project management etc.
• Basecamp
• PBworks

File Sharing

• 4Shared
• DriveHQ
• XDrive
• Box.net
• MyOtherDrive
• SnapDrive
• Huddle

Mapping

• OpenStreetMap
• GoogleMaps
• GoogleEarth

General Social Networking

Please expand and make this list more useful to learners:

• Akarru - social bookmarking
• AppleSeed - (augmented) social networking software
• AroundMe
• Dutch
• Elgg
• FaceBook
• GetBoo - social bookmarking
• Grou.ps
• MindTouch

• iSocial - social networking CMS software
• Mahara - electronic portfolio, weblog, resume builder, and social networking system for connecting users and creating online communities
• MugShot - track friends' activities across various sites - music, photos, blog posts, etc..
• MySpace
• Ning
• PeopleAggregator - Social Networking, blogging, ID Hub, content management and an aggregation engine
• Scuttle - social bookmarking
  • SemanticScuttle
• SecondLife
• Spree - "an expert search engine where users ask questions to find other participating users, who are knowledgeable in that area and willing to help".
• VMukti - conferencing engine
• Yogurt Social Network - Social Network module for ImpressCMS, Xoops

See Also

• List of social networking links.

External Links

• Study Skill - Report Writing (Curtin University of Technology)
• Social Source Commons - tools used by non-profit organisations.