After working a little more with del.icio.us, I have begun to get the hang of it. I still don't know how to created the icon that will allow me to bookmark it to del.icio.us without having to open a new page, sign in, search, and then add it to the bookmarks.
Although I didn't do too much exploring with Diigo, I notice differences between the two. With Diigo, you are given many more options and control over what you can do with your bookmarks. You can highlight, attach messages, and even save expired website pages forever. Unfortunately I am not anywhere near comfortable enough to attempt using it. Del.icio.us is enough for me.
With that said, either site can be used both for students and faculty. The best idea I can think of is collaboration between special education teachers. Special ed. teachers can share sites that give good ideas for constructing IEPs or provide effective strategies to motivate students.
The collaboration component of social bookmarking is where I see this being used the most, especially in specific parts of education. Certainly in special education as a means of sharing good resources with other teachers about things to try. Or in fields that involve subjects that are constantly changing like technology. Being able to bookmark relevant sites to share with colleagues could replace having to send links out via e-mail.
ReplyDeleteIf you are trying to set up the bookmarking add-on, I'd try it on your home computer, not the school one. Often schools don't allow you to add anything to the toolbar. There are some pretty detailed instructions at http://delicious.com/help/tools for different browsers if you are still having difficulties. It does take a bit of time to walk through the steps, but once it is there, it makes use of delicious MUCH easier.
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