Social bookmarking is a great way for teachers to collaborate with each other. Creating a new social bookmarking page was easy. Teachers have already taken the time to seek out great resources. Using sites such as www.delicious.com would allow these resources to be shared with everyone. One can also search for similar tags which may be helpful in connecting content material across curriculum areas. According to Richardson (2010), "In the process of creating this community, you are participating in the creation of a new way of organizing information" (p. 90).
There are many benefits to social bookmarking. Having the ability to save bookmarks to the internet rather than to a specific computer allows teachers to access the sites from anywhere. With the help of social bookmarking, a community of teachers can share resources through the network feature. This is also a great way for teachers to have a reference of sites when they are needed in the classroom. Students can also benefit from using a bookmarking page to save resources they collect while during research or projects.
References:
Richardson, W. (2010). Blogs, wikis, podcasts, and other powerful Web tools for classrooms. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
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Gayle,
ReplyDeleteI agree, the convenience of social bookmarking is a great way to access information no matter what computer you may be on at the time. I have used social bookmarking with other doctorate students but not with my fellow teachers where I work. Do you share social bookmarks with the teachers you work with? If you have, how did you begin to get others you work with to use social bookmarks?
Bethany
Sharing knowledge I am acquiring throughout this doctoral program with my fellow educators is definitely something I feel I must do. I agree that social bookmarking makes that obligation much easier. It also becomes more convenient for teachers to refer back too, rather than trying to find the information buried in an e-mail somewhere in their inbox.
ReplyDeleteHave you ever thought of having bookmarks you share with students?