-Video/Photo Share-

Video/Photo share is a huge category, almost any of these sites could potentially be under this category. Again, I cant say this enough, think outside the box and you be the creator for the site. Think of different ways you can share, and use its capabilities to portray your information. Youtube as a blog? Vimeo as a company meeting place to view company tutorials? You choose.

Example:SmugMug allows people to "stash" thier videos and photos in one place and allow others to go and view them. They are a site that enables the user to do hold multiple resources in an easy to use management system.

Sites like Myspace and Facebook also allow their users to place videos online, so those sites also could be under this category. Again, using the technologies that are out there people are finding ways to bring in new forms of media and share them on sites like those.

Refer to the Articles section for more ideas and viewpoints on how other people have used these sites, and whats new in each site.

Flickr

Flixster

Smugmug

Picasa

Buzznet

Youtube

Vimeo

Photo Bucket

Activities

Vimeo has a very user friendly management system that allows for easy sharing capaibilities and multiple sources of viewing your videos by creating a "project", which combines certain users into a group and allows them to post videos about a very specific topic, and organize it like a project. Or by creating your own community and inviting firends to meet and view the videos placed in your "community". This idea can be sued for big companies, to small businesses, to family and friends. Or instead of building a "community" you can unleash your videos to the world so anyone can see them. It has very user friendly tools and helpful information. Try creating a community on Vimeo!

Flickr is an awesome site with the capability to import a photo and edit right there on the site! Its like a free photo editing software that is very decent for the tools they offer. So from editing photos, to uploading and sharing with whomever, to exploring their huge database, uploading and sharing photos has never been easier. Creating an account takes less than a minute, and you could be on your way to viewing amazing photos that are both proffessional, and taken from your neighbors little boy.

Just a quick little fun activity is Flixster's addictive movie quiz. Try it out and see how much you know! Then you can easily post your thoughts about it right on the site so others can see.

Articles

Check out these articles to give you an idea on how these resources can be used for a lot more than they may seem. You might find out ways to use some of these social networking sites in ways that can really help you.