nov 23 social bookmarking and annotation

Monday November 23

3:00 PM Saskatchewan

Web 2.0 Tools:

Social Bookmarking and Annotation

Bookmarking and Annotation

What is Social Bookmarking ?

What is Annotation ?

Tools for Bookmarking and Annotation

What is Social Bookmarking ?

Is this what you think about when the term“bookmarking” is used ?

What is Social Bookmarking ?

In the World Wide Web, when visiting websites, we usually wish to save the site for future reference.

It could be a recipe site, your banking website, a blog you follow, or any other site you frequently visit.

What is Social Bookmarking ?

Saving these sites involves using your browser’s built-in tool to make a “quick link”.

If you wish to access them elsewhere (not on your computer) what do you do ?

What is Social Bookmarking ?

Saving Bookmarks in Firefox

What is Social Bookmarking ?

Saving Favourites in Internet Explorer

What is Social Bookmarking ?

If you wish to access these bookmarks elsewhere (not on your computer) what do you do ?

Apart from searching or memorizing the website address (URL)...?

What is Social Bookmarking ?

...Hello Social Bookmarking !!!!!!!!!!

A method for sharing, organizing, searching and managing bookmarks of web resources.

The resources themselves aren't shared, merely bookmarks that reference them.

What is Social Bookmarking ?

Social bookmarking tools have several core functions.

• Remote access for your bookmarks.

• Sharing with others – the social aspect !

What is Social Bookmarking ?

And you thought social bookmarking was...

What is Social Bookmarking ?

Social bookmarking is not only about the sharing of bookmarks with others.

Many of these tools allow for “tagging” the resource – a keyword(s) or phrase that the creator or viewer attributes to the resource.

What is Social Bookmarking ?

What is Social Bookmarking ?

What is Social Bookmarking ?

What is Annotation ?

Annotation involves making comments to discuss the contents of a certain resource.

These comments can be made by way of margin notes, sticky tabs, highlighting text.

Annotating using Sticky Notes

Sticky notes can be used in many ways.

• teacher adds specific instructions

• guiding questions for student reading

• students respond on the sticky note itself

Annotating using Highlighting

Highlighting can draw student attention to specific information in a web resource.

It can also be used to simplify and bring out key points advanced-level passages or technical sources.

(Social) Bookmarking

Diigo

Go to the sign-up section and create an account.

(Social) Bookmarking

Once you have signed up

Follow the steps to install the toolbar.

Search the web and start bookmarking.

(Social) Bookmarking

http://www.diigo.com/education

Create student accounts for an entire class.

Students of the same class are automatically set up as a Diigo group.

(Social) Bookmarking

Privacy settings of student accounts are pre-set so that only teachers and classmates can communicate with them.

http://help.diigo.com/teacher-account/faq

Diigo Resources

http://robinheyden.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/using-diigo-to-start-a-conversation-with-students/

http://www.slideshare.net/cliotech/dig-deeper-with-diigo-presentation

Other Social Bookmarking Tools

Delicious http://delicious.com/

VERY similar to Diigo – requires Yahoo account to register