Update: Modify the Walled Garden list of Web 2.0 apps usable in K-12 schools! You can edit the list via the Around the Corner Wiki.

This question came up on a listserv, and David Warlick posted a response...since I don't want to lose the info, I'm blogging it here....

My question is are there similar,  preferably free open source enignes that can manage and be used to  develop in-house social bookmarking repositories?

David's response mentioned two products, elaborated on below under the social bookmarking tools:

sa.bros.us is a CMS to put your bookmarks online with folksonomy support; just like del.icio.us, but the big diference is you will have the complete control of the source code and written on PHP with multiple database support we make it cross platform.

Of course, this info is useful if you want to create a "walled garden" of safe Web 2.0 tools you can use within your school's intranet, or even Internet, but have complete control over. So, a quick review of the tools available for those who want to "lock" things down and eliminate social networking OUTSIDE of school environment during the school day:

Blogging Tools
Service Substitution: Blogmeister, Blogspot, Wordpress.com, Learnerblogs

• b2Evolution: Enables you to control/moderate comments once certain hacks (ZIP file of hacks we use in my district) are applied, set up a "master" blog with multiple sub-blogs (each with its own RSS feed) inside, easy user management and assignment of permissions, and more. This is the solution we use for managing publication of online student writing and blogging (when it arises).
• WordPress.org: Everyone knows about this tool, but it's powerful. I have hope that Multi-user WordPress will eventually work well.

Wikis
Service Substitution: Wikispaces, PBWiki

• MediaWiki: Although I've looked at different wikis you can install on your own server, I keep coming back to MediaWiki for ease of use.
• TikiWiki: Powerful wiki with user admin rights, but lacks the "open-ness" (as far as I can tell) that MediaWiki enjoys. Nevertheless, it can be powerful.

Content Management Systems
Service Substitution: web page editors like Dreamweaver/Frontpage
Allow easy management, creation, and editing of web pages and sites by non-techie users.

• Joomla or Mambo
• Plone
• Drupal CivicSpace or Drupal Ed

Image Gallery with Tagging and RSS Publishing Enabled
Service Substitution: Flickr

• The Gallery
• MediaChest (allows one to share multimedia elements, images/sound/etc)

Online Discussion Board
Service Substitution: Blackboard/WebCT

• Moodle
• phpBB - electronic bulletin board

Frequently Asked Questions
Service Substitution: ???

• phpMyFAQ

Online Survey Tool
Service Substitution: SurveyMonkey

• UCCASS

Online Radio

• Icecast

Calendar Management with RSS support

• WebCalendar

*Although PhotoCalendar isn't a Web 2.0 tool, I thought I'd link to it...lets you create those "kinko's like" calendars with photos using your web browser. Easy and output looked great.

Social Bookmarking Tools
Service Substitution: Del.icio.us, Simpy, Blinklist

• de.lirio.us this site was down at the time I tried to access it.
• Scuttle
• sa.bros.us

Maintaining Email Lists
Service Substitution: YahooGroups, Gmail Groups

• phplist
• mailman

*Not sure about these...Bernie Dodge suggested them, but I'm open to suggestions.

Bulk Emailing Software
Service Substitution: None really, I just wanted this category for bulk emailing!

• Fairlogic's WorldCast
• AnnounceList - distributes messages to a list of email. Not a replacement for an online group or mailing list, it might still be useful for one-way mailings/bulk emailing.
• MailBatch
• GoonMail
• EmailSender

MySQL Backup Tools

• MySQL Backup

By the way, if you're not interested in using these tools and are curious what is out there on the Web, check out All Things Web 2.0.

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