Presentation Transcript
Slide 1:Integrating Technology for Instruction and Learning Jennifer Verschoor  &  Evelyn Izquierdo
April 3, 2009
What is social bookmarking? :What is social bookmarking? Social Bookmarking is a new Web 2.0 technology that allows Internet users to read, store, classify, rate, comment on, organize by topic or category, mark by using tags and share with virtual communities or individuals with common interests search links to any Website.
Slide 4:Tagging
Â
87% are successful
92% of search engine                           Â
confident in theirÂ
searching ability
                                                                     17% of search engine users say they always   find the information  they are looking for                                                              Â
Â
Source:Â Pew Internet & American Life Project report entitled "Search Engine Users":://k12wiki.wikispaces.com/Tagging+to+help+Teachers
Slide 5:Folksonomy
Popular bookmarking services :Popular bookmarking services
The most popular :The most popular Delicious                                                           DiigoÂ
                        Â
                              StumbleUpon
 Edutagger
Â
Â
Â
Reddit                                                                Mixx
How do social bookmarks work? :How do social bookmarks work? Look at the following video about Delicious:
Delicious :Delicious
Delicious :Delicious Link to Web site
                                   Bookmark number
     Description or notes Tags
What does Delicious offer to educators? :What does Delicious offer to educators? Delicious allows us to:
 Â
save and store all our bookmarks online and keep them in one place.
get to them from any computer, anywhere, anytime. It's like carrying our 'Favorites' with us.
see what other teachers or students are bookmarking.
know about the most popular bookmarks being saved in the educational field.
share them with other colleagues and students.
keep track of our entire bookmark collection.
organize and classify our favorite sites by using tags.
have access to online teaching resources for classes, lectures or presentations.
StumbleUpon :StumbleUpon StumbleUpon is an Internet community that allows its users to discover and rate Web pages, photos, and videos. It is a personalized recommendation engine which uses peer and social-networking principles.  (Wikipedia, 2009)
What does StumbleUpon offer to educators? :What does StumbleUpon offer to educators? StumbleUpon allows us to bookmark:
Â
Articles, online books and any other Website related to education
Blogs
Photos
Videos
Reddit :Reddit Reddit is a social news website on which users can post links to content on the web. Other users may then vote the posted links down or up, causing them to appear more or less prominently on the Reddit home page.  (Wikipedia, 2009)
Mixx :Mixx Mixx is a user-driven social media web site that serves to help users submit or find content by peers based on interest and location. It combines social networking and bookmarking with web syndication, blogging and personalization tools.
Slide 16:Diigo What How
Slide 17:Highlight & Share the Web
Diigo :Diigo http://www.diigo.com/
Collaborative Research :Collaborative Research Ideal for team research Organize resources using group bookmarks Sticky notes are great for discussion
Diigo Groups :Diigo Groups http://groups.diigo.com/groups/edn
Slide 21:Educational Benefits
Slide 22:Advantages
Instant traffic
Easier to find information
Organizing and classifying reading resources
 Sharing and learning Â
 Allows people with similar interests to create communities of users and thus influence resource tags.
Slide 23:Integrating Social Bookmarks means opening our classroom door to the world
Resources :Resources Further readings:
Â
What is Reddit and how can I use it to promote and market my blog posts?
Advantage of Social Bookmarking
Â
Videos:
Â
Social bookmarking: Making the Web work for you
Social bookmarking
Â
 Images:
What is social bookmarking? http://www.flickr.com/photos/25577119@N04/3107789751/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/surfthemind-com/161406818/http://www.flickr.com/photos/oceanflynn/274041826/Â folksonomieshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/girlhula/2848879655/Â sharinghttp://www.flickr.com/search/?q=diigo&page=3 diigo highlighter
Thank you very much! :Thank you very much! Evelyn Izquierdo
evelyn.izquierdo@gmail.com
Â
Jennifer Verschoor
jenverschoor@gmail.com