Social Bookmarking (Module 7)

Social bookmarking is the 21st century version of a bookmarks/favoutites bar on your web browser- the major difference (benefit) is that social bookmarking is hosted on the web as opposed to the traditional bookmarks/favourites which are saved to your specific device/PC.

As your favourite websites are saved to the cloud, you can access them anywhere on any device that is web enabled. The benefit is that you can share your bookmarks with other people and conversely, you too can "follow" other users or groups. 

In a classroom setting, groups would be beneficial as students can all share their bookmarks to a group, therefore enabling greater collaboration. This would work ideally when researching broad and sometimes difficult topics, particularly supporting students who are less confident or capable.

Here is my diigo homepage where I'm starting to build a collection of teacher related websites/blogs etc..

Here is a group on Diigo that I subscribe to and get weekly email updates, really good for staying abreast of the latest Web 2.0 tools in education - Classroom 2.0