In Thing 12 you were introduced to the idea of social bookmarking and tagging. One of the greatest advantages of social bookmarking is that you can access and add to your collection of bookmarks from any computer.
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To complete Thing 13 you must:
A. Explore Delicious and Diigo
B. Create an account in either one and begin bookmarking
C. Reflect on Thing 13 on your blog
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A. Explore Delicious and Diigo
Explore Delicious
Many users find that the real power of Delicious is in the social networking aspect, which allows you to see how other users have tagged similar links and also discover other websites that may be of interest to you. You can think of it as peering into another user's filing cabinet, but with this powerful bookmarking tool, each user's filing cabinet helps to build an expansive knowledge network. Watch the following video and then spend some time exploring Delicious on your own.
More Delicious information:
Several Habits of Wildly Successful Delicious Users
Ultimate Guide to Delicious Social Bookmarking
Explore Diigo
Diigo takes social bookmarking to another level with features that allow you to highlight information within sites, add sticky notes to saved sites and share the information with others. This Web 2.0 tool is truly all-inclusive!
More Diigo information:
7 Reasons Diigo Tastes Better Than Delicious
How is Diigo Better? (note that this is from Diigo)
B. Create your account and begin bookmarking.
Choose either Diigo or Delicious and create an account. (Can't decide which? Delicious is a great, basic tool for everyone. Diigo is for those who are ready to take social bookmarking to another level. You can also check out the Delicious v. Diigo blog.) Now you can begin saving bookmarks. Save at least 10 bookmarks to your account. Be sure to tag each site with your own personal tag, but also add the tag Newington23 - just as you did for your Flickr pictures.
C. Reflect - Blog Prompts for Thing 13
Where did you create your account - Diigo or Delicious? Why? Reflect on how you think social bookmarking can be used in your teaching.
Curriculum connections
IDEA #1: Search Delicious to find links for student assignments.
IDEA #2: Create your own Delicious bookmarks for various subjects/resources to use with student assignments.
IDEA #3: Share student bookmarks for a class project
IDEA #4: Build a shared reading list
IDEA #5: Conduct research and share with peers
IDEA #6: Use a group tag to share resources with a working group
IDEA #7: Share links to current news items related to classroom discussions
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