Figure 1. Image from Herald Tribune Sunday, November 8, 2009. Doonsebury Comic by Garry Trudeau
BP8_2009112_Activity-Social Bookmarking-Week 2
The art of social bookmarking can be used so one can access their prized sites anywhere, anytime and anyplace Internet ready. I find myself trying to remember the site I found and which computer the bookmark was on to search for the link. Well Delicious has taken that chore away and now I can have my bookmarks at my fingertips. The best feature, I can share them with family, friends and colleagues, plus students! It is great and I am very excited to see all the bookmarks of others. As I researched the topic of social bookmarking, I came across some interesting information. In the article titled, “Integrating Social Media Into Existing Work Environments: The Case of Delicious,” (Stolley, 2009) they discussed how “Rich Site Syndication feeds” are extremely useful in the workplace so teams can follow and collaborate on specific contexts. For instance, you can work collaboratively on a project by documenting your online information with bookmarks, and then each person can subscribe to your RSS feed to get up to date information on your progress. I can envision students in my class using the social bookmarking site in this same way, sharing website addresses and information on their class projects.
The other article I perused was titled, “Distribution of news information through social bookmarking: an examination of shared stories in the Delicious Website” Chung (2009) The premise of the study was to test news worthy information of the prevalent websites on Delicious. For instance, it was a case study whereby the researchers documented the “most frequently consulted news information sources and news topics.” (2009) They wanted to see the hits on the fact-based sites as opposed to the sensationalized news stories. For educational purposes, this is a big task because students have a hard time deciphering fact from fiction. We have been working with our media specialist to create a “gotcha” lesson in which he created a list of “hoax” sites to be used.
Speaking of the media specialist, I was reading the information on Delicious in the article, “Tutorial: Adding Delicious Data to Your Library Website.” (Darby, Gilmour, 2009) I really liked how they wanted to use the social bookmarking site to create a list of useable research sites. I could see how our teachers could use a list like that, created by the media specialist, our professional in the area of research. We could have a webpage specific to the core curriculum of the school ready for teachers and students to access. It would really give the students a focus for their research and provide the teachers with the assistance they desire.
I did find many articles pertaining to social bookmarking and I want to share one more. The article titled, “Folksonomy, Tagging and Taxonomy for Effective Learning: Perspectives of Learning 2.0 in the XXI Century,” (Cannata, 2009) was of particular interest due to my new fascination with the skill of tagging. It is difficult to select the proper tags and to organize your bookmarks. I need to do more research to find out the best method that suits the needs of my students and myself.
References
Cannata, C. (2009). Folksonomy, Tagging and Taxonomy for Effective Learning: Perspectives of Learning 2.0 in the XXI Century. International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning, 4(2), 26-32. doi:10.3991/ijet.v4i2.657.
Chung, D., & Yi, K. (2009). Distribution of news information through social bookmarking: an examination of shared stories in the Delicious Website. Information Research, 14(3), 1-24. Retrieved from Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts database.
Darby, A., & Gilmour, R. (2009). Tutorial: Adding Delicious Data to Your Library Website. Information Technology & Libraries, 28(2), 100-103. Retrieved from Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts database.
Stolley, K. (2009). Integrating Social Media Into Existing Work Environments: The Case of Delicious. Journal of Business & Technical Communication, 23(3), 350-371. Retrieved from Business Source Premier database.
The art of social bookmarking can be used so one can access their prized sites anywhere, anytime and anyplace Internet ready. I find myself trying to remember the site I found and which computer the bookmark was on to search for the link. Well Delicious has taken that chore away and now I can have my bookmarks at my fingertips. The best feature, I can share them with family, friends and colleagues, plus students! It is great and I am very excited to see all the bookmarks of others. As I researched the topic of social bookmarking, I came across some interesting information. In the article titled, “Integrating Social Media Into Existing Work Environments: The Case of Delicious,” (Stolley, 2009) they discussed how “Rich Site Syndication feeds” are extremely useful in the workplace so teams can follow and collaborate on specific contexts. For instance, you can work collaboratively on a project by documenting your online information with bookmarks, and then each person can subscribe to your RSS feed to get up to date information on your progress. I can envision students in my class using the social bookmarking site in this same way, sharing website addresses and information on their class projects.
The other article I perused was titled, “Distribution of news information through social bookmarking: an examination of shared stories in the Delicious Website” Chung (2009) The premise of the study was to test news worthy information of the prevalent websites on Delicious. For instance, it was a case study whereby the researchers documented the “most frequently consulted news information sources and news topics.” (2009) They wanted to see the hits on the fact-based sites as opposed to the sensationalized news stories. For educational purposes, this is a big task because students have a hard time deciphering fact from fiction. We have been working with our media specialist to create a “gotcha” lesson in which he created a list of “hoax” sites to be used.
Speaking of the media specialist, I was reading the information on Delicious in the article, “Tutorial: Adding Delicious Data to Your Library Website.” (Darby, Gilmour, 2009) I really liked how they wanted to use the social bookmarking site to create a list of useable research sites. I could see how our teachers could use a list like that, created by the media specialist, our professional in the area of research. We could have a webpage specific to the core curriculum of the school ready for teachers and students to access. It would really give the students a focus for their research and provide the teachers with the assistance they desire.
I did find many articles pertaining to social bookmarking and I want to share one more. The article titled, “Folksonomy, Tagging and Taxonomy for Effective Learning: Perspectives of Learning 2.0 in the XXI Century,” (Cannata, 2009) was of particular interest due to my new fascination with the skill of tagging. It is difficult to select the proper tags and to organize your bookmarks. I need to do more research to find out the best method that suits the needs of my students and myself.
References
Cannata, C. (2009). Folksonomy, Tagging and Taxonomy for Effective Learning: Perspectives of Learning 2.0 in the XXI Century. International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning, 4(2), 26-32. doi:10.3991/ijet.v4i2.657.
Chung, D., & Yi, K. (2009). Distribution of news information through social bookmarking: an examination of shared stories in the Delicious Website. Information Research, 14(3), 1-24. Retrieved from Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts database.
Darby, A., & Gilmour, R. (2009). Tutorial: Adding Delicious Data to Your Library Website. Information Technology & Libraries, 28(2), 100-103. Retrieved from Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts database.
Stolley, K. (2009). Integrating Social Media Into Existing Work Environments: The Case of Delicious. Journal of Business & Technical Communication, 23(3), 350-371. Retrieved from Business Source Premier database.
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