Social Bookmarking

I really think social bookmarking is a great thing.  In the past, computer users would often get frustrated because their bookmarks could only be stored locally on a computer.  With the addition of social bookmarking sits like Delicious, Diigo, and Wirefan, users can create cloud based bookmarks where they can access them anywhere.  One of the best features of social bookmarks is how easily they can be shared.  I feel I can use social bookmarks with my business department because we are always sharing useful links to sites we find but if we just use Delicious as I have on my blog, we can always be updating and have a great database!

I've added a link near the top of my blog for users to be able to check out my Delicious websites.  I will continue to add to it but only have a couple of sites that may be of interest.

I caution teachers when using social bookmarking in their classes; students were on Delicious the other day in my classroom and many adult website links came up.  I couldn't believe my eyes when the students directed my attention to it!  The students wanted to use Delicious as their Web 2.0 tool presentation but after they found it was filled with adult material they had to choose another topic.  For that fact, I don't think I would use social bookmarking in my classroom for it is hard to filter what material students can search for.

My school doesn't follow the Common Core but I feel the ISTE Standards for Students are: 2A,B, 3B, & 4C