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Web 2.0 Social
Bookmarkingand Start Pages
in the ClassroomSally Todd, St John’s School Library, April 2009
BookMarksMost people use the ‘favourites’ or ‘bookmarks feature’ on their browser
Why use Social Bookmarking?
If you are not connected to the school network you cannot access your ‘Favourites’ or ‘Bookmarks’
A social bookmarking website is an online space where you can collect all your bookmarks and favourite websites
Available at school, at home or away From any internet computer or your
iPhone ‘Delicious’ is one of many social book
marking sites
Web 2.0 Tools
Judy O’Connell 2007
‘Delicious’
Why Delicious?
Organise
share
collaborate
‘tag’ or label
Access from any computer or iPhone
Add, modify or
delete
Automatically updated
Add RSS feed to your blog, website or
start page
A short introduction…
Getting Started
Create account Choose appropriate
user name Use a web based e-mail
address if possible Choose a memorable
password Open e-mail in new
window to activate account
Upload bookmarks
Save and edit links
Annotate
Tag
Separate tags with spaces
Join words with punctuation: social_bookmarking
Save searches for class use
and add specific tag
What is a ‘tag’
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cambodia4kidsorg/260004685
An example of ‘tagging’
More about Tags
Importance of Tagging
Folksonomy What words might I use
to find this item? Delicious will suggest
tags Use capitals to
distinguish between tags and bundles
Choose ‘public’ or ‘private’ (in settings)
Tags are searchable
Tag Bundles
Logical grouping of related tags you have used
Create in ‘settings/bundle tags’ Can also re-name or delete tags
in ‘settings’
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Create Tag Bundles View your Tags as Lists or Tag ‘Clouds’
See what others in your network have bookmarked
How you and your students can use Delicious
Create working bibliographies for projects by ensuring they share a common tag.
Build lists of resources with students/ teachers (decide on common tags first).
Create a network with friends or colleagues with whom you share an interest.
Subscribe to tags of favorite topics. Add ‘Delicious’ to Facebook profile. Add a linkroll or tag cloud to personal blog or one
made for school or activity. Add Delicious ‘feed’ to Netvibes.
RSS Feeds
News feeds allow you to see when websites have added new content.
You can get the latest headlines and video in one place, as soon as its published, without having to visit the websites you have taken the feed from.
Feeds are also known as RSS. There is some discussion as to what RSS stands for, but most people plump for 'Really Simple Syndication'.
If you click on the RSS button you can subscribe to the feed in various ways, including by dragging the URL of the feed into your news reader or by cutting and pasting the same URL into a new feed in your news reader.
Most sites that offer feeds use a similar orange button, but some may just have a normal web link.
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/help/3223484.stm
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Delicious or Diigo?
Why not use both?
User base for Diigo is much smaller and subscription features are under review
Both Delicious and Diigo allow you to save links with various tags, connect to other users who have saved the same post or used the same tag, and track users or specific tags
Diigo allows you to highlight sections of the Web page you’re on, and lets
you attach sticky notes to the site. When you go back to that page those highlights and notes are still visible
If you forward a page to someone else who has a Diigo account they can also see the highlights and add their own.
If you add something to your Diigo account, it also gets added to your Delicious account.
Use as a backup for your bookmarks in case one or other website disappears
Creating a Netvibes Start Page
Why have a Home Page?
Saves time Collates content Available from anywhere Always open on Desktop Easy to add content Easy to create resources to
share
Browser takes you straight to your home page
Any machine Any browser
Netvibes Relatively robust Minimal downtime Free
Sign up and choose your ‘theme’
Change look and layout of your page
Choice of backgrounds Move widgets around Drag and drop 1 – 4 columns
Widget = module or resource unit which does something for you and constantly updates
Create tabs for Different year groups Subjects Topics
Netvibes in the Classroom
Using Netvibes to Aggregate Course Contenthttp://www.netvibes.com/barrydahl#ITC09
Easy to add content
Top Tips for Netvibes
Add a ‘search engine’ widget (choose between Google, Yahoo, Live or
Snap)
Bypass opening Google in new tab or browser
Take advantage of e-mail feeds – Gmail, Hotmail or Yahoo Mail
Set public pages as ‘view only’ – so students cannot change or alter
anything
Use tabs for different subject curriculum or topic areas
Find relevant bookmarks
Add to ‘Bookmark’ widget
Run searches in Delicious – topics will be updated
Students can use this as a launch pad to go off and find more information
With thanks to:
Anne Robinson (The Librain)
Phil Bradley
Judy O’Connell
The School Librarian’s Network (SLN)
CILIP School Libraries Group (SLG)
YourSchoolLibrary.com