Del.ici.ous description and reflection

There are several websites that my classmates found valuable that I want to save to my own list. I added several throughout the last few weeks that were mentioned in the wiki activities and blog posts. I think the beauty of the delicious bookmarks are that I don't have to add them to my own list, I can search the lists of others using simple tags.

My own list of tags has grown rather large, surprisingly large. I was happy to see that my tag cloud showed similarities to the tags of others. I tried to keep my tags simple and descriptive. I didn't try to vary them a great deal, but obviously would depending on the subject matter I was interested in saving. I used the same tags to save to our class network list, and I think the web2.0 descriptor tag is a useful one for others who are researching effective tools to use with students. If I were to teach tagging to students ( I think delicious bookmarks are a worthwhile tool to implement in schools, but can't at my current school)I would teach simplicity. I think using a variety of synonyms has downfalls, keeping it simple, common language is to the benefit of everyone.

I did not bundle tags together. If I had more bookmarks saved, as I save more, this will be a feature I will use. It will help to stay more organized in the use of my bookmarks. It will be great to bundle the tags of common topics together.

Of course, in creating my bookmarks, the class tags were used most often. In addition, I tagged google and google earth activities the most. I did find lots of useful information relating to google applications in my research for google earth.

I did not add any annotations at this time. As I become more savvy with delicious and add more bookmarks, i will use annotations to make searching for my necessary bookmarks easier for me. The greatest benefit of using this tool is the ability to access favorite bookmarks from any location for a long time! It will be to my advantage to take the time now to be descriptive to minimize my search time in the future.

In order to use del.ici.ous to connect with other interested in the same topic you simply have to type a search term in the box. Scroll over the results and the results display the person who tagged the bookmark. You can follow other tags of this person as well. I searched for google tags and found Eric and A.Delgado, among other who share similar tags.

Adding others of similar interests to your network is a two way street. My bookmarks will benefit them and vice verse. We will enjoy or copacetic relationship and learn from the tools we each find. Del.ici.ous bookmarks would be great to use for a collaborative project. A network of users researching a common topic would be able to better collaborate to create a finished project more efficiently. It would save time in doubling the research as well. In this case, tag bundles would help to keep all network members organized.

There are several examples of exemplary web 2.0 tools that will help convince my administrator to allow great resources like these in our school. they are:

Google Earth Across the Curriculum (to help demonstrate the wide variety of activities/subjects google earth can enrich)

Websites and Web2.0 Applications (to show the options and have the ability to demonstrate which tools would be useful for what)

Cyberbullying Research Center (to show that awareness and wise use on teaching with the tools is better that avoidance)

Tweet Ideas (to show the possible uses for collaboration and team building involving a web 2.0 tool)

The best and easiest way to show the value is to ask them to use them as I have. Using and practicing is the only way to learn the importance and usefulness of a new tool.