Bookmarking

Bookmarking - //Social// Bookmarking, that is!
Have a look at this great video from Common Craft. It highlights social bookmarking concepts using //Delicious//.

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**Just what is social bookmarking?** Wikipedia defines it as " a method for internet users to share, organize, search, and manage bookmarks of web resources.”

//**Is this you?**// You find the //perfect// web site you want to share with your class, but it's Saturday morning. If you bookmark the URL, it will be in your favorites //on your home computer.// You copy/paste the URL and email it to yourself so you will have access to it on a //different// computer when you get to school on Monday. If this sounds like something you do, read on!

**Social bookmarking** is a **web-based** method of saving your bookmarks so they will be accessible to you from any computer no matter where you are. For your own computer or a computer you use all of the time, you can add a button to the tool bar in your web browser to connect to your web-based bookmarking tools. If you are using a computer that does not belong you (for example in a hotel or in the library), you can log in to your bookmarking account through the web.

Social bookmarking sites allow you to "friend" others and share your links. You can set your bookmarks to public or private. You can back-up your bookmarks. You can "tag" your bookmarks with keywords that make sense to //you.// This makes your book marks searchable.

Diigo Groups in two easy steps: 1.) Look for My Groups on the top menu and select "Create new group". 2.) Invite others to join! You can invite anyone to join and share links in a group. You do not have to be "friends" or "following". More info here: @http://groups.diigo.com/index

**NEW!** Diigo for iPad: The iPad Diigo app allows you to read search your saved bookmarks on your iPad. To bookmark and highlight you need to install the Diigo Web Highlighter for iPad: click "Settings" in the Diigp app and "Install bookmarklet for Safari".

Here are three popular web-based bookmarking tools. Decide which tool will do the job for you! //Delicious// is the pioneer in social bookmarking, but rumors have circulated that its parent company, Yahoo, may close Delicious. I like //Diigo// because of the highlighting features. This is the tool I use. //Simply Box// is newer and is a very visual tool. I like //Simply Box// a lot, but already use //Diigo.// It does the job for me and I don't feel the need to switch.


 * Delicious**: @http://delicious.com
 * Diigo**: @http://www.diigo.com
 * Simply** Box: @http://simplybox.com

Here is a copy of our Social Bookmarking presentation from the 2010 Christa McAuliffe Technology Conference. It has links to videos for each bookmarking tool. You can find more videos on social bookmarking on YouTube and TeacherTube.