Social bookmarking is a way for Internet users to store, organize, share and search bookmarked or "favorite" web pages. In a social bookmarking system, users save links to web pages that they want to remember and/or share. These bookmarks are usually public, but depending on the service's features, may be saved privately, shared only with specific people or groups, shared only inside certain networks, or another combination of public and private. The allowed people can usually view these bookmarks chronologically, by category or tags, via a search engine, or even randomly.
Most social bookmark services encourage users to organize their bookmarks with informal tags instead of the traditional browser-based system of folders. They also enable viewing bookmarks associated with a chosen tag, and include information about the number of users who have bookmarked them.
The social bookmarking site that we will explore in this lesson is del.icio.us
Begin by reading information about the site at: del.icio.us
Then set up your account by following these instructions:
Go to del.icio.us and register as a user. (upper right hand corner)
Fill in your user name, full name, password and email
Follow the instructions and begin your delicious experience!
Here's your first assignment:
Go to http://www.podcast.net/ and search for any podcasts that have to do with Web 2.0 and the Read/Write Web. Add at least five podcasts to your del.icio.us page. Finally, share your findings with the class.
Monday, November 05, 2007
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Social bookmarking provides such an easy method of collaboration for classroom projects or research. Our students can easily share their resources with each other while also providing teachers a method of observing their students' work. Many of my students have severe organizational difficulties and having a del.icio.us account helps them keep track of those websites that they need for their research papers.
Mindy
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