Educational Uses of Social Bookmarking

The social bookmarking, “… technique uses a Web-based service instead of your browser to save and organize bookmarks” (Jackson, 2009, para. 3). So how does this make social networking important? According to Teaching Hacks.com (2007), “The social bookmarking web site allows individuals to store their bookmarks on the Internet and makes them accessible anywhere” (para. 3). So how would this be helpful to educators and students in the classroom? “In essence, social bookmarking lets you maintain a personal collection of links online, similar to the bookmarks or favorites in your browser, but they are also accessible to others on your own personal archive page” (Hedreen, 2005, para. 1).

Social bookmarking not only allows you to organize your bookmarks or access them from any computer, it also allows you to share your bookmarks with others. This allows an educator to work with other educators to develop lists of educational resources that they can share. Here are several ways that Hedreen (2005) suggests the use of social bookmarking in education. She suggests using it to compile references or sites that provide information on a particular topic being studied or researched. Another way is to compile articles that a teacher my want to have their students read from the web. It can also be used to help with collaborative projects. According to CR2.0 Wiki (2009), social bookmarking can be used for educators around the world to share their interests. It also states that this can be created for each of the academic departments in the school so that the department can share sites and resources for that subject. Finally, the Department of Education and Training (2009) states that librarians can use these types of services to maintain sites that are related to the school curriculum. Social bookmarking has a variety of uses with in education.

References:

CR 2.0. (2009). Social bookmarking. Retrieved July 13, 2009 from http://wiki.classroom20.com/Social+Bookmarking

Department of Education and Training. (2009). Social bookmarking. Retrieved July 13, 2009 from http://www.det.wa.edu.au/education/cmis/eval/curriculum/ict/ socialbookmarking/index.htm

Hedreen, R. (2005, February 3). Social bookmarking in education. Message posted to blogspot: http://frequanq.blogspot.com/2005/02/social-bookmarking-in-education.html

Jackson, L. (2008, June 5). Sites to see: social bookmarking. Retrieved July 13, 2009 from Education World Web site: http://www.education-world.com/a_tech/sites/sites080.shtml

Teaching Hacks.com. (2007, May 28). Social bookmarking tools. Retrieved July 13, 2009 from http://www.teachinghacks.com/wiki/index.php?title=Social_bookmarking_tools

Resources:

http://wiki.classroom20.com/Social+Bookmarking

http://www.squidoo.com/social-bookmarking-education