Social
bookmarking sites can be used by anyone. Even if someone does not have an
account, they can go on the site and search tags and find links to what they
are looking for. This tool can be very useful for research, finding recipes,
writing an academic paper, professional purposes and many other uses. It is
also useful for sharing resources with others. This tool is “social” in that
the user becomes a part of a large network of users in which everyone shares
information with each other.
Social
bookmarking is useful as a teacher in several ways. As teachers find sites that
are considered professional development, they can save them to their account
for future reference, or to share with colleagues. Teachers can use this tool
to collect appropriate links for students to access for a research project. Students
can also create their own account to organize and save sources for educational
purposes. For my purposes as a graduate student and teacher, I gathered sites
that relate to my blog topic and class content as well as sites that I found
personally interesting as an educator. Some of my favorite resources on my list
include blogs by teachers, articles about Web 2.0 tools, some informative videos,
professional development information, and sites with helpful tips for teaching
21st Century learners. My bookmarks can be accessed and used by
other professionals in my field to improve their teaching practices.
As I
created my bookmarking site, I realized how user-friendly this tool was and how
helpful it is to be able to access these sites so quickly. The site has a
button that you can drag to your browser toolbar so that when you find a site
you like, you can just click the button and it will automatically save to your
Delicious account. The tags are a way to keep the links organized, and another
way is a feature in which you can “stack” your links into lists by topic. This
site also allows you to import bookmarks from “favorites” in your browser. You
can follow profiles or stacks that you find interesting in order to build your
repertoire.
I will
continue to use this tool to organize and save links that I find interesting. I
highly recommend social bookmarking for anyone who wants to be able to find
sites quickly and easily without having to search for them all over again.
Beth,
ReplyDeleteI must honestly say this is one project that I enjoyed. I was ignorant to how social bookmarking really works. After using Delicious, I have found that all of my teaching resources that are used online are together now. I had previously listed all of my sites on a Word document but now this is much easier, one click away. I checked out your Delicious site as well and if I see something I would like to use I will just copy the link.
Beth,
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with you on wishing I would have known about this sooner. I would have so many resources that I have just lost over the years because I didn't save them well enough. I like using this site as professional development, by saving articles and things I have read through my career, and I am definitely going to use it to keep up with articles, videos, and other things I need during instruction in my classroom. I loved looking at things that you are interested in reading in terms of professional development and look forward to looking at more of your sources and finding things I can tag as well.