Social+Bookmarking

=Social bookmarking= ===From Wikipedia, **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. ===

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What did we do before Web 2.0 and Social Bookmarking? When you discovered a really good site that you wanted to remember and access quickly you would add it to your "favorites". But what happens when you are not at your computer but still want to get to that website, or you want to share that site with a colleague? Sometimes it just was not work all the bother, so you Google it again hoping to find it easily. Well, technology has changed and we can bookmark and access that bookmark from any web-enabled device, as well as share those bookmarks with people who have similar interests all around the world. You can view the bookmark of your peers, and collaborate. Your network of colleagues has just gotten larger, therefore your window of knowledge has also grown significantly!======

=Folksonomy and Tagging= ===From Wikipedia, A **folksonomy** is a system of classification derived from the practice and method of [|collaboratively] creating and managing [|tags] to annotate and [|categorize] [|content];[|[1]] this practice is also known as [|collaborative tagging], **social classification**, **social indexing**, and **social tagging**. ===

=Advantages= =Disadvantages=
 * You can use multiple tags, giving you more possible ways to find your sites
 * You have control over what tags you want to use and attach several tags
 * Find your tagged sites quickly and easily from any computer
 * No restrictions to tags, some SB sites allow you to organize lists
 * Expand your PLN (Personal Learning Network) by joining groups with similar interests
 * Access your mobile tags anywhere there is an Internet connection (Cloud Computing)
 * Social Learning opportunities through the use of sticky notes and highlighting that is shared
 * Some sites rank sites as to how many people have tagged it
 * Not all of your bookmarks have to be public - you can maintain some aspect of privacy
 * Inconsistent format of user create tags or typos - this causes sites to be left out of the group
 * Shared tags can be irrelevant, messy disjointed
 * No real hierarchy in the tagging system which can impact search results
 * No way to suggest alternatives, either you hit a tag or come up empty
 * Safety concerns for student use - need to design student conduct policy when using tags
 * Spam and corruption are possibilities

Possible Classroom Applications

 * Create a professional learning community of like minded educators who share your educational interests
 * Contact other professionals based on their profile or bookmarks
 * Create accounts for your district or school based upon department or grade levels
 * Create student groups and instruct them on how to research, tag, share and organize their findings
 * Collaborate with other schools around the world on research projects
 * Search sites recommended by others and pass along quality resources
 * Teach students about global citizenship, digital footprints, ethics etc.
 * Create web quest searches for students eliminating the google effect and the risk of allowing students to randomly search in a hit or miss fashion, keep students engaged in content that is appropriate to their developmental levels, and eliminate the days of searching students can do while lost in the Internet of useless information

How to . . . Social Bookmarking Guide by Teaching Today, Glencoe Article Tagging to Help Teachers Wiki Education World Sites to See: Social Bookmarking School Library Journal Article by Donna DesRoches on Social Bookmarking

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