Social Bookmarking Definition of Social Bookmarking A way
Social Bookmarking
Definition of Social Bookmarking • A way to store and organize web pages amongst a vast number of people that becomes an unofficial collection of web pages and links
History of Social Bookmarking • First social bookmarking site created in 1996. – Entitled it. List • 2003 del. icio. us (now Delicious) changed social bookmarking – Coined the term “social bookmarking”
Tutorial on Social Bookmarking • http: //www. youtube. com/wat ch? v=x 66 l. V 7 GOc. NU&feature=P lay. List&p=4 CD 9007285 B 95223 &playnext=1&playnext_from= PL&index=26
Examples of Social Bookmarking • Delicious – http: //delicious. com/ • Digg – http: //digg. com/ • Facebook – http: //www. facebook. com/ • Twitter – http: //twitter. com/ • Tumblr – http: //www. tumblr. com
Tumblr • Tumblr is one example of a social bookmarking site • It is a personalized page, similar to that of twitter or facebook where individuals can place photos, videos, and most importantly links to other pages on the internet
Examples of Posts: • You. Tube videos • News Headlines • Photos – Original – Borrowed from others/the Internet • Thoughts/Ideas
Uses in the classroom • Teachers can post videos for the students to watch • The students can view pictures that deal with course material, assignments, or even photos from class field trips • Teacher can post links to other sites for students to visit • Allows for the students to post an idea, and have others respond to it • Prompting questions for the next class • Post homework assignments
• Example – http: //innovationsteach. tumblr. c om/ • Now it’s your turn! – http: //www. tumblr. com
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