Imagine the power of being able not only to gather, but also to share research reports with your school. (Harris2009) The power of retrieving and sharing information is at the drive of social bookmarking. Clearly, a new area of information management is here. Educators can post websites for students to research. Students can post sites for other students to look at. groups of students doing a classroom project sharing their bookmarks, a teacher subscribed to their rss feed to see the direction of their research.(Hack2007) Sharing research, peer evaluation of the sites used in research and tracking websites used during a lecture to review after the lecture is done. Many more applications and uses that we as educators have not thought of can be found in social book marking. One which i feel benefits educators would be a site tagged for the districts elementary teachers for example and resource websites can be shared district wide. Principles can retrieve information without asking the teacher by looking up a website. Databases can be bookmarked in del.icio.us with tags assigned based on the guides in which each database should appear. That way, if the URL of the database changes, you only have to edit the del.icio.us entry. If you can create permalinks to individual item records in your catalog, you could also bookmark cataloged items.(Farkas2008)
Referneces:
Harris, Christopher (Feb2009); What’s Next for Social Bookmarking? School Library Journal volume 55 Issue 2, pp14-14, ISBN 03628930 Retrived from URL http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx? direct=true&db=ulh&AN=36426930&site=src-live
What is Social Bookmarking Teaching Hacks.com 28 May 2007 Ideas Around Social Bookmarking
Farkas, Meredith Isn't It Del.icio.us? American Libraries; Apr2008, Vol. 39 Issue 4, p32-32, http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ulh&AN=31557335&site=src-livelivepage.apple.com
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