Because this is my first attempt at using a social bookmarking site, I selected Delicious. It seems user friendly and easier to navigate than Diigo. As I was getting started I looked through my internet history, as I do somewhat often, and realized what a disorganized platform it truly is. Internet history and favorites is all I have used when recycling sites, therefore I did not give much thought about how it took time to find specific sites. Now that I have set up my Delicious account, I realize I have been wasting valuable time searching though my internet favorites and history.
The initial tagging experience was so simple. I had reservations before watching the video Social Bookmarking in Plain English, I thought it seemed too easy and there had to be more to it. Happily, I was wrong. I easily created a Delicious account and in minutes I was bookmarking sites from all over the internet.
Another advantage to social bookmarking is it offers the opportunity to create learning communities while you bookmark your searches. As a teacher, I am constantly looking for new and unique ideas to incorporate in my lessons. Bookmarking makes idea sharing so much easier, “Delicious is all about sharing link in as easy a way as possible” (Richardson, 2010). The community portion is enhanced even more when you begin to share ideas with the same people or groups of people, because you all like the ideas within your sharing community.
Bookmarking is one of the most seamless practices to incorporate into the classroom. I already use websites to obtain ideas and class information for lessons, bookmarking is going to streamline the process. For the most part, my colleges in the PE department are…not technically advanced, they look to me to solve simple technical questions. As simple and useful as bookmarking is, I know it is something each one of them can implement and use on their own. My students may not use this practice specifically for my class, but bookmarking would be a great way for them to sort websites for different classes, part time work vs school websites, and leisure websites; such as sports or shopping.
The first websites I bookmarked are ones that I frequently use, such as PE Central. It is also has a message board on the site, where I get ideas to search for other sites and information, that I will now bookmark using Delicious.
Richardson, W. (2010). Blogs, wikis, podcasts, and other powerful web tools for classrooms. (3rd ed.). Thousand Oak, California: Corwin
The initial tagging experience was so simple. I had reservations before watching the video Social Bookmarking in Plain English, I thought it seemed too easy and there had to be more to it. Happily, I was wrong. I easily created a Delicious account and in minutes I was bookmarking sites from all over the internet.
Another advantage to social bookmarking is it offers the opportunity to create learning communities while you bookmark your searches. As a teacher, I am constantly looking for new and unique ideas to incorporate in my lessons. Bookmarking makes idea sharing so much easier, “Delicious is all about sharing link in as easy a way as possible” (Richardson, 2010). The community portion is enhanced even more when you begin to share ideas with the same people or groups of people, because you all like the ideas within your sharing community.
Bookmarking is one of the most seamless practices to incorporate into the classroom. I already use websites to obtain ideas and class information for lessons, bookmarking is going to streamline the process. For the most part, my colleges in the PE department are…not technically advanced, they look to me to solve simple technical questions. As simple and useful as bookmarking is, I know it is something each one of them can implement and use on their own. My students may not use this practice specifically for my class, but bookmarking would be a great way for them to sort websites for different classes, part time work vs school websites, and leisure websites; such as sports or shopping.
The first websites I bookmarked are ones that I frequently use, such as PE Central. It is also has a message board on the site, where I get ideas to search for other sites and information, that I will now bookmark using Delicious.
Richardson, W. (2010). Blogs, wikis, podcasts, and other powerful web tools for classrooms. (3rd ed.). Thousand Oak, California: Corwin