I had never heard of the bookmarking site Delicious, only the food magazine.
I have a long list of web site favourites on my computer at home which I find handy to use, although they aren’t very well organised. Using a favorites list on your own computer is very quick and easy but it can be frustrating that these favorites are then not available any where else.
Delicious is a little time consuming to set up (not as quick as a click from your mouse on your home computer) but would be rewarding in the long run. Having all your favourites in one place is a very good option. In terms of its use in the classroom, I think it would be beneficial for students to build and keep a good list of resource websites for their subject areas. As a teacher you could easily build your own list of quality educational websites and easily share them with your students and colleagues. It would be beneficial for them to have a bank of websites available at the click of a mouse. I guess we already have a similar set up on sole with website links for student and teacher use, however, this would be a more refined version of that.
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Jay M – A belated thanks for helping me set up this blog in the first place!!
Hey Miriam,
ReplyDeleteI know exactly what you mean about having a lot of favourites in your list. Having Delicious available makes it a lot easier to keep websites and other links organised and easier to access.
In terms of using it in the classroom, I agree with what you said about it being useful for students to have a selection of websites at the click of a button. You are right with how we already use a bookmarking site - SOLE.
Happy blogging!!