BP4- Socail Bookmarking

I must confess that I am new to social bookmarking and wasn't sure what to think about it. Let me tell you it was great! For this weeks assignments bookmarking definitely came in handy. I knew where my information was and I go go back very easily and reread later. A good definition states "social bookmarking lets you maintain a personal collection of links online, similar to the bookmarks or favorites in your browser, but they are also accessible to others on your own personal archive page"(Hedreen, 2005). This definition was helpful to me because I knew little about the topic. I went out and researched and found this tool to be very useful in education. Picture teachers tagging their favorite lesson plans and for all teachers in your district to be able to access it right away. I see myself using it with students. If they have a project that they are working on I could have tagged several sites for them to start looking at also they could then search some more and tag them. I am able to see the sites they have chosen and might want to include with my group. Social bookmarking is a great way to stay organized when you are surfing the web. With so many sites and articles out there you want to be selective. By tagging the sites you are able to view any site within a certain topic. This is a great help when you are sharing with others. Bookmarking stops the follow of people losing sites or articles because you can bookmark and then tag under all the topics it covers. Over all I am loving social bookmarking and can't wait to share with others the information I have found and look forward to seeing and using information they have found.

References

eSchool Media Inc. (2009). Social Bookmarking makes its mark in education. Retrieved from http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/index.cfm?i=42069&CFID=22596895&CFTOKEN=43334171

Hedreen, Rebecca. (2005). Frequently Answered Questions: Social Bookmarking in Education. Distance Education Librarian at Buley Library. Retrieved from http://frequanq.blogspot.com/2005/02/social-bookmarking-in-education.html

Jackson, Lorrie. (1996-2009). Sites to See: Social Bookmarking. Retrieved from Education World, Inc. Web site http://www.education-world.com/a_tech/sites/sites080.shtml