Becoming Social

I have used social bookmarking for the first time! Social bookmarking is a web site where people can share their favorite web sites. In addition, people can tag, or give web sites descriptive names. Social bookmarks, unlike bookmarks saved on someone’s computer, can be shared with other people on the Internet. A user can also find their social bookmarks on any computer with an Internet connection by logging unto the social bookmaking web site they use. Tags allow someone or others to remember or know what a web site’s content is about.

I have created a list of social bookmarks about educational technology, middle school science and middle school teaching. You can visit my social bookmark list by clicking on the web site listed at the bottom of this entry.

The social bookmarking web site I used is called Delicious (dil.icio.us). The web site is easy to use. I think that adding tags will help me keep saved web sites organized, compared to saving bookmarks on my computer (which are not tagged). I did have one minor problem while using Delicious. Some of the sites given to me while using the search feature were not quality sites or were no longer active web sites.

We are going to use Delicious during class while working on an upcoming Lewis and Clark as naturalists science project. You will have to complete Internet research while completing this project. With my assistance, we will find, save and tag web sites to my Delicious social bookmarking page together as a class and a grade level. Then, you will be able to visit my page as needed through out the project.

Social bookmarking Lewis and Clark project national technology standards (NETS-S): 2 (D), 3 (C), 5 (A-B),

Check out my social bookmarks at: http://delicious.com/apecora.