social bookmarking
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Social Bookmarking. Presented by Erin Dorney, Information Delivery Services Technician [email protected]. Today we will learn:. What Social Bookmarking is. What Furl, Stumbleupon, Digg and del.icio.us are. How you can use Social Bookmarking at home or at work. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
SOCIAL BOOKMARKING
Presented by Erin Dorney, Information Delivery Services Technician
Today we will learn:
What Social Bookmarking is. What Furl, Stumbleupon, Digg and del.icio.us
are. How you can use Social Bookmarking at
home or at work. How to set up and use a del.icio.us profile.
If you have questions, feel free to ask at any time
Now:
What is it?
“Social bookmarking is the practice of saving bookmarks to a public Web site and “tagging” them with keywords.” (Educause)
So…what is tagging? A tag is a keyword that connects multiple
related objects together.
Why do people do it?
Accessibility Web based storage
Organization Keywords/tagging
Collaboration Students, family, friends, peers
What services are out there?
FURL
http://www.furl.net/ 2003 Archives a static copy of everything you
save You can import your del.icio.us info. to
FURL You can rate the things you save (1-5) Must install the button
Digg
http://digg.com/ 2003 A social news site
Articles, links, video, podcasts, etc. Users vote on what info is the best by
“digging” it Build a network of friends, see what they
“digg”
StumbleUpon
http://www.stumbleupon.com/ Discover and share Rate items with thumbs up/thumbs down Generates a peer network of likeminded
users Must install toolbar
Del.icio.us
http://del.icio.us/ 2003 Store, share, discover info. Don’t have to install buttons Simple, easy interface
Common Craft Video
http://www.commoncraft.com/bookmarking-plain-english
Get started:
RIT use:
Accessibility, organization, collaboration Create a course account
Assign students to add resources to the collection
Require students to read bookmarked resources
Send students your profile URL to keep track of new resources as you add them
Personal Use:
Accessibility, organization, collaboration Stay abreast of new developments by
colleagues Save sources for research projects Create wish lists Collaborate with teams & committees
QUESTIONS?Feel free to contact me later via email: [email protected]
Presented by Erin Dorney, Information Delivery Services Technician