Thing #13- Social bookmarking and tagging with Delicious

WOW!! I never knew anything like social bookmarking existed! It is not only great to be able to store all your favorite websites in one, easy to use, location, but it is INCREDIBLE that you can share that with other people. Delicious is a great resource for anyone.

As I began to search different topics that interest me, I realized how helpful tagging is if done properly. It is extremely contemporary compared to the traditional forms of organization (in file cabinets, folders on computers, in notebooks, etc). Traditionally, organization is putting everything in it's "place," which often consists of one a specific folder, in one section, within one specific category, but tagging has revolutionized organization. It allows pictures, documents, songs, websites, videos, and many other digital creations to be categorized in many different places at once.

There are several ways I could use social bookmarking in my professional practice. One of the BEST ways social bookmarking can be used is for collaboration. Last year, all the 8th grade science teachers would plan together and share ideas. We often emailed each other links to great websites we found and collaborated when creating assignments, but it would have been incredibly helpful to all of us to be able to look at websites the other teachers often went to. All it takes is a click of a button to add that website for your personal use and to share with others who access your Delicious.

Here is a link to some of the websites that I follow. My Websites