Thing 13

Where did you create your account - Diigo or Delicious? Why?
I created my account in Diigo. It seemed easier to use and more adaptable to various purposes. For example, I loved the idea that you could highlight a page and make a comment. When you add the book mark you can preview it easily. And although I won't use all of the features now, maybe I'll want to in the future. It also had an educators upgrade that I want to explore when I have more time.
Reflect on how you think social bookmarking can be used in your teaching.
Maybe I can use social bookmarking to set up a list easily accessed by students to use for research purposes. I can do this from home and don't have to make the document for the Leslie student folder. I imagine there must be some trick to using it at school though. I'll have to think about this some more. Joan also provided us with many ideas for using social bookmarking for teaching. After reading her list I think we might be able to create a list using student suggested sites and to share links to current news items. this might be especially helpful. I know that sometimes my own kids come home with some information that I find hard to believe, or maybe they want me to see something they saw in class. Social bookmarking would provide a means for kids everywhere to locate a resource from school, and share it with their parents.