After reading Chapter 6, The Social Web, in Richardson’s Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms (2010) my eyes were opened to a whole new world of social networking through online bookmarking sites. I have never used sites like http://www.delicious.com/ or
http://www.diigo.com/ but I am excited to try them out. My laptop crashed over winter break, and I knew it was time for a new one. However, I had all of my bookmarked websites saved to my favorites bar on internet explorer. After reading this chapter I realized that along with most of my documents and pictures, I lost all of my bookmarked websites! It will be very convenient to have all of my favorite sites and resources saved online, and I will be able to access them from any computer with an internet connection. I am also interested in making professional connections through social bookmarking sites. Having access to others’ bibliographies will be very helpful when conducting research for grad school. It will also be very helpful in finding resources for teaching. Searching, finding, sharing, and following are all literacy skills that can be developed, practiced, and enhanced though social bookmarking websites (Richardson, 2010).
http://www.diigo.com/ but I am excited to try them out. My laptop crashed over winter break, and I knew it was time for a new one. However, I had all of my bookmarked websites saved to my favorites bar on internet explorer. After reading this chapter I realized that along with most of my documents and pictures, I lost all of my bookmarked websites! It will be very convenient to have all of my favorite sites and resources saved online, and I will be able to access them from any computer with an internet connection. I am also interested in making professional connections through social bookmarking sites. Having access to others’ bibliographies will be very helpful when conducting research for grad school. It will also be very helpful in finding resources for teaching. Searching, finding, sharing, and following are all literacy skills that can be developed, practiced, and enhanced though social bookmarking websites (Richardson, 2010).
Richardson, W. (2010). Blogs, wikis, podcasts and other powerful web tools for the classroom (3rd edition). Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin.
You are noticing the potential of these tools. I can't wait to see how your thoughts transpire across the time of the semester!
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ReplyDeleteI was skeptical about using Delicious because it seemed like a huge hassle just for saving bookmarks. However, I gave it the benefit of the doubt and tried using it for a few days. It ended up being really easy, and it was extremely organized in a way that helped me to better locate my bookmarks, and find other ones on the same topic. I always imagine myself having my laptop with me, so I wouldn't necessarily need to use Delicious, but there are times when I go to the library and use other computers and don't have access to my "favorites." Having a site like Delicious, where I can access it from anywhere is extremely convenient. And, if my laptop was ever to crash, I would still have all of the data saved in a secure location. I'm trying to work on doing this sort of thing with GoogleDocs - just in case something happens and my computer gets a virus, or it breaks for some reason. I still find it a little unnerving to post all of my work to the Internet, but again I would have access to it from anywhere and I could go in and edit from anywhere. Very convenient. I think a lot of these new technologies just take some getting used to. I suppose I'm still a little old fashioned and like to keep things private, but if the times are changing, I need to as well. Cheers!