"Social bookmarking is a method for Internet users to share, organize, search, and manage bookmarks of web resources. Unlike file sharing, the resources themselves aren't shared, merely bookmarks that reference them.
Descriptions may be added to these bookmarks in the form of metadata, so that other users may understand the content of the resource without first needing to download it for themselves."
"In a social bookmarking system, users save links to web pages that they want to remember and/or share. These bookmarks are usually public, and can be saved privately, shared only with specified people or groups, shared only inside certain networks, or another combination of public Blog article private domains. The allowed people can usually view these bookmarks chronologically, by category or tags, or via a search engine. Most social bookmark services encourage users to organize their bookmarks with informal tags instead of the traditional browser-based system of folders, although some services feature categories/folders or a combination of folders and tags." - Wikipedia
Articles about Social Bookmarking in the Classroom
Delicious (Simple to use social bookmarking, bookmark from any computer, share your bookmarks with others) Video tutorial for Delicious Diigo (More complex, but allows users to create groups and annotate web pages, excellent for group research projects) Video about Diigo Groups
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Social Bookmarking:
"Social bookmarking is a method for Internet users to share, organize, search, and manage bookmarks of web resources. Unlike file sharing, the resources themselves aren't shared, merely bookmarks that reference them.
Descriptions may be added to these bookmarks in the form of metadata, so that other users may understand the content of the resource without first needing to download it for themselves."
"In a social bookmarking system, users save links to web pages that they want to remember and/or share. These bookmarks are usually public, and can be saved privately, shared only with specified people or groups, shared only inside certain networks, or another combination of public Blog article private domains. The allowed people can usually view these bookmarks chronologically, by category or tags, or via a search engine. Most social bookmark services encourage users to organize their bookmarks with informal tags instead of the traditional browser-based system of folders, although some services feature categories/folders or a combination of folders and tags." - Wikipedia
Articles about Social Bookmarking in the Classroom
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Social Bookmarking Sites:
Delicious (Simple to use social bookmarking, bookmark from any computer, share your bookmarks with others)
Video tutorial for Delicious
Diigo (More complex, but allows users to create groups and annotate web pages, excellent for group research projects)
Video about Diigo Groups
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