Social Bookmarking - Some Background and History

Social Bookmarking in a nutshell is setting up bookmarks which you can share with others. Here's more information:

• Definition of Social Bookmarking
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• Social Bookmarking at Wikipedia
• Social Bookmarking in Plain English (video)

As you'll see in the Wiki article, there are several popular social bookmarking sites. Even though we're using delici.o.us you should explore the others too

How could you use this in class? Well, what about a lesson where students search the web and find sites relevant to the topic, and create a list of links for others in the class to share. (If you've ever tried to collect and collate links from students, you will understand how much easier this would be. And... besides researching the assigned topic, students are honing skills which they'll use later on. Not a bad secondary goal for the lesson!)