Transcript Wikis, Web 2.0, and Social Bookmarking (Oh, my!)

An Overview of Social Bookmarking
By: Aimee Martin
Technology Resource Teacher
[email protected]
What is Social Bookmarking?
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Sites that allow you to store and share
bookmarks on the web, instead of inside your
browser
get to your bookmarks from anywhere
share your bookmarks publicly
find other people who have interesting
bookmarks and add their links to your own
collection
Magnolia, Diigo, and Delicious are among the
most popular social bookmarking sites
Isn’t it Delicious?
Let’s watch a video about social bookmarking!
Resources:
www.martintrt.wikispaces.com/Delicious
Delicious 411
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Who should register? Teachers
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Does the site require an email address to browse
websites on the site? No, anyone can view public pages.
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Does the site require an email address to create an
account? Yes, you must have an account to create a
site.
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Are there privacy settings available? Yes.
Highlights of Delicious
 Bookmark
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anywhere and share
Spend less time “Googling” and more time
finding sites of interest to other educators in your
Network!
Organization—like an electronic filing cabinet for
your websites!
See what others are bookmarking and snatch it
for yourself
Dynamic way of listing sites for others to use
Why post on the Internet?
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You have the sites EVERYWHERE
Bookmark here, bookmark there (all the same
place)
Saves time
Public or private view
Post links for students easily
Share content related sites with peers
 Team-wide
 Grade-wide
 Department -wide
 School-wide
Remember what “social” means . . .
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Anyone will be able to view your Delicious
page at your URL address. However, you
will be the only one who can edit the
page. You can add websites and delete
websites after you log into Delicious.
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You can make specific websites private by
selecting the “Do Not Share” box.
Tagging helps you stay
organized folks!
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“Folksonomy” is a user-generated
taxonomy used to categorize, track, group,
search, and retrieve Web pages,
photographs, Web links and other web
content using open ended labels called
tags.
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It improves searches by allowing users to
label information with their own language.
Tagging
A tag is simply a word you use to
describe a bookmark.
 Unlike folders, you make up tags when
you need them and you can use as
many as you like.
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Tag Cloud- Tags get bigger each time they are used
to show popularity
Tag Hints
Tags need to be one word as using the
space bar identifies another tag in
Delicious. Do not use commas!
 Use underscores or combine words
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 Ex.
Graphic_Organizer or cellphones NOT
graphic organizer or cell phones as these
would be seen as separate tags
What is a Network?
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Your network connects you to other Delicious
users: friends, family, coworkers. You can view
and manage your network by going to the
Network tab at the top of the page.
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Why should I subscribe to networks? Every
time you subscribe to someone’s network, you
can see the user’s sites on a separate page and
it updates automatically whenever the person
adds a site.
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You don’t waste your time finding sites! The
sites come to you!
Browser Buttons
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Save you time
No copying and pasting URLs
Download on home computer
Bookmarklets (IE Manual or Firefox)
Drag and drop on links toolbar in Firefox
Bookmark Information
URL: Automatically inserts when using the browser
or bookmarklet buttons
Description: NAME of the website usually shows up
here
Notes: Annotate your site. Write a brief sentence
with a description of the site or why you are saving
the site.
Tags: Add a few main tags (keywords) to categorize
your website.
Then click “save”.
Examples
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www.delicious.com/aimeem
Always follows same format
www.delicious.com/username
TRT Users:
aboehman
tommykat
jwisnouse
mrh21727
runkles1
heathermcc
Our Goals
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Sign-up for Delicious accounts
Add bookmarklets to Firefox browser
Add users to your Network
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Save a bookmark using the bookmarklet button
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Save some bookmarks from another Delicious
member
Send a bookmark to someone in your network
(For:username)
Use the search feature to find bookmarks and
other users
Top 10 Favorite Web 2.0 Tools
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Dipity (timelines)
Blabberize (talking pictures)
MyStudiyo (quizzes)
OneTrueMedia (video presentation)
Slideshare (PowerPoint upload)
Bubbleshare (slideshow presentation)
Quizlet (online flashcards)
Animoto (video)
Glogster.com/edu
Wikispaces (collaborative webpage)
Go ahead . . . Try a Top 10 Web 2.0 tool out!
Or search for your own at:
 http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/
 Web 2.0 Directory
 http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/Dominoe+50+Ways