Thing 5 - Educational Bookmarking/Networking

Educational or Social Bookmarking

OK-so it's really called social bookmarking but that might sound a little TOO FUN so we added Educational. Social Bookmarking sites like Delicious and Diigo bring some of the social aspects of Web 2.0 into keeping your bookmarks online (where you can access them anywhere you have Internet). You can network with others and find accounts (people) that save resources that you can find helpful. Why would you ever want to start looking for K-2 math resources when someone has already done it and marked the best ones? For the social bookmarking assignment, you will create a delicious account and bookmark 5 of your favorite resources that you use or could use in your classroom and tag them Thing5. You will also add me to your network. My username/account is gloveles. To get started, view the video below. If you need further help, there are plenty of resources on Delicious to get you started. If you get stuck, don't be afraid to Google, "Getting started with Delicious". You'll get YouTube videos and all kinds of tutorials!


Assignment Part 1:
1. Create a Delicious account, bookmark 5 sites and tag them Thing5 (notice no space between the g and the 5). Add gloveles to your network. Don't be afraid to search in Delicious to find other accounts that you may want to be a fan of or network with folks. Tell me in your blog what you like about Delicious, what you don't like, and how you think this site could be used in education.




Social Networking

The other part of Thing 5 is Social Networking. This is how Middle School and High School kids live and breathe (well, some of them) so it's very important for educators to see why they love it so much. I currently belong to 7 Social networks. I do not recommend this for everyone! Go to Ning and take a quick look at Popular Networks. Then type in a keyword to search for a network (maybe education would work). I am a member of MaculSpace, Moodle Meet, NECC 2008, Classroom 2.0, Ning in Education, Tech Camp for Educators, and Kalamazoo Area Schools Tech Support.

Assignment Part 2: 1)View the video below. 2)Go to Ning and take a quick look at Popular Networks. Join MaculSpace and another network of choice. Once you join, look around, view some discussion forums, see if any groups interest you and interact! 3)Tell me in the comments area what 'other' network you joined. 4)Add another blog entry to discuss Social Networking and whether you see a potential impact on education or your classroom.