Learning 2.0 Assignment 4: Social Bookmarking

This week we’re focusing on Social Bookmarking. This assignment is due on Monday, October 13.

1. Watch the Social Bookmarking in Plain English video. Read “The Brave New World of Social Bookmarking: Everything You Always Wanted to Know But Were Too Afraid to Ask” and “7 Things You Should Know About Social Bookmarking."
2. Do some tagging in your own blog. You can tag (Blogger calls them labels) your earlier Blogger posts with keywords or phrases. From the Dashboard, go to Manage Posts and choose the post you want to add tags to. Enter the words in the Labels for this post box in the lower right. Type in your tags (commas in between each word or phrase). Click Publish Post to re-publish the post with its labels (tags) to your blog.
3. Create a Del.icio.us account for yourself and discover how this useful bookmarking tool can replace your traditional browser bookmark list. Add a few websites and add your own tags to each of your links.
4. If you like Del.icio.us and want to easily add bookmarks to your account, you can put buttons on your browser toolbar. Instructions are available for Internet Explorer and Firefox.

Assignment 4 post prompts (answer these questions in your own blog):

1. Can you see the potential of this tool for your own research? Or just as an easy way to create bookmarks that can be accessed from anywhere?
2. How do you think you might be able to use this technology in your school or personal life?
3. What are some potential benefits of the social (sharing) aspect of social bookmarking?

For more information, view this 8 minute Del.icio.us tutorial to get a good overview of its features.

Questions?

• Post any questions in the discussion forum in D2L.
• E-mail your professor: Melissa Prescott or Robin Ewing