Links are as old as the first website. We need a code/ URL/ www address whatever you want to call it to go where we need to go. As the world wide web grew and grew and multiple computers are in each household, we needed a better system of remembering the addresses to our favorite sites. Windows Explorer started with "Bookmarking" on individual computers. This created more complications such as favorite web sites were bookmarked on multiple computers at home, work and school. Then when we wanted to share some of our favorite bookmarks with others we had to get a "pen and paper" and write them down and share them that way. In an age where we "claim" we are going paperless, we seemed to be spinning our wheels.
Social Bookmarking is not as much new as it is now more widely used. Social Bookmarking enables everyone to use a common site to bookmark our favorite web sites, tag them with key words for easy recall and share them with whoever we want.
Social Bookmarking is a teachers BEST FRIEND! Check out D-Lib Magazine and their article about social bookmarking.
- Social bookmarking has many advantages. First as a teacher your students can be researching a topic and all team members can bookmark sites and everyone can get to those sites with little effort from any computer.
- Teachers can use social bookmarking to organize bookmarks efficiently and effectively and then retrieve from any computer.
Some good social bookmarking sites that are good to consider are:
- www.buddymarks.com - a good bookmarking site that filters inappropriate sites so good for students K-12.
- http://delicious.com - popular bookmarking site
Social Bookmarking takes all of the favorite Web 2.0 tools and combines them into one.
Features of social bookmarking that help Educators:
- Managing and sharing bookmarks: This is the collaborative portion of the tool. As educators we can share what "goodies" we have found and share with our other colleagues. Students can work on projects together and share common information and sites to help one another. Management of social bookmarks is easier and more efficient than the standard google search. As we find relevant sites we tag them with key words that help identify what the topic is and make it easier to find. This management is also a good organization format for students to learn.
- Tagging and Commenting: By tagging the sites students as well as educators are able to get to the relevant information. Social Bookmarking allows for users to make comments and provide a quick summary of what they can find on these sites. This is a great summarization tool.
- Reusability: By using social bookmarking sites a user is able to find and share bookmarks from any computer over and over again. Even when the computer crashes the bookmarks are still there because they are saved on the internet instead of the personal computer.
Brainify is a site dedicated to social bookmarking for education. It is geared towards educators and students. Collect and share the academic websites that other students and educators have found useful. Looking for professional development ideas? Looking to get some information about an assignment? Use Brainify, find your topic and on the right in the section click "ask questions." Collaborate with other students and educators to find your answer. This is what Web 2.0 is all about!
Diigo is my personal favorite social bookmarking site. Diigo allows for users to tag, add a quick description as well as highlight or even add comments to the page you have bookmarked. Teachers are using this as a great summarization and research tool.
Social Bookmarking Activities:
Anticipation guide: Teachers pose a topic to be discussed in an upcoming unit.
Brainstorming: Teachers provide a topic for unit, have students bing or google the topic and socially bookmark with tags and teacher name. Students then take their top 10 sites that were bookmarked and make a comment. Teacher then can then search for bookmarks with teacher name and tag and assign a grade.
Check out the bookmarking Tutorial:http://tinyurl.com/kogkur
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