Social_Bookmarking

We know that bookmarking a site or making it a favorite is very useful when trying to find a site that you reference often. The problem, however, is that bookmarks and favorites are only saved locally. Students who are working on school computers do not benefit from bookmarking because it would not be practical to expect to work at the same computer every time they go to the lab or library. Social bookmarking sites allow users to create an account to which all bookmarks can be saved. This means that you can locate your bookmarks on any computer with Internet access simply by logging into the site. The "social" aspect means that you can allow others to "see" your bookmarks when they log in and search. This is a very useful feature when working on group projects. [|Del.icio.us] - this is one of the most popular social bookmarking sites. See [|Common Craft] video below.

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[|Diigo] - This site is VERY cool. It calls itself a "Social Annotation" site. Users can "highlight, interact and share on any web page." Imagine students (or teachers) working collaboratively and sharing websites, making annotations to be shared right on the websites, searching lists of websites gathered by others who are working on the same topic. Check out a [|demo]. [|Stumbleupon] [|PortaPortal] [|Digg] [|Reddit]