Social+Bookmarking

Social bookmarking is a method for Internet users to share, organize, search, and manage bookmarks for websites in which they have interest. The list of bookmarks can be shared with colleagues and students. Descriptions may be added to these bookmarks, so that friends have an idea of the content before navigating to the site.

Several interesting bookmarking sites are:

Delicious A tool for reserving and sharing bookmarked sites with friends and colleagues. Diigo A research, sharing and collaborating tool Digg A place where you find websites, share them with friends and discuss them online.

View the Video: Social Bookmarking in Plain English with Delicious to see how it works. []

It is necessary for you to join //**Delicious**// in order to use the bookmarking application. Before registering as a member of //Delicious//, you need to sign up for a yahoo account. It is free and easy to sign up for. Once you have the yahoo account ID, you can register to become a member of //Delicious//. **For Firefox or Internet Explorer:** If you missed the set up for the browser as I did, you can click help in the upper right of the //Delicious// window and select the link “[|How do I install the bookmarking buttons into my browser again?]” If you are using Safari or Opera, you will need to install bookmarklets in a different way. Using the help link in the upper right corner of the //Delicious// window, select the link “[|Bookmarking buttons and add-ons for your browser or website?]
 * __ Setting up a Delicious Account __**
 * Adding bookmarks to your //Delicious// account has been made quick and easy. //Delicious// has instructions that add buttons to your browser.
 * Once installed (you may need to contact your school tech person to do this), the buttons are displayed to the left of the URL window for the website.
 * For Safari or other browsers:**

Once you have an account, you can look me up to see my bookmarks. My //Delicious// account name is "PRDUCKS". Send me an email with your account name so we can become Fans and share our resources.

__**Share your ideas for using these tools with students/colleagues:**__

@http://www.edugarage.com/display/SCLR/Social+Bookmarking+Strategies+for+Interactive+Learning This website offers lots of ideas on how to use social bookmarking to inspire students to become active in their learning as well as challenge them to begin thinking about the sources on the Internet for their factual accuracy. -- Pat R.