Social bookmarking and tagging are two separate concept that share two primary traits:
1) the ability of individuals to organize knowledge in a manner that is personally meaningful and
2) to share, network and collaborate with others who share similar interests.
*examining the social bookmarks by using “Network” feature in del.icio.us .
Del.icio.us and Digg are two prominent examples.
Sites like Furl go beyond simple bookmarking by saving a copy of the site itself. Setting aside copyright concerns, Furl ensures that valuable resources don’t disappear when a link changes or a site closes.
* Organizing references: Certain sites – like connotea and CiteULike – are useful for learners to organize references when working on research papers. In addition to organizing, the references can also easily be shared with others.
* Group work – have learners post their individual or group work resources on a bookmarking site, so instructors and class members can learn from the research activities of others
* Encourage readers to capture resources of interest in a social bookmarking service, so future search in particular subject areas can occur within the knowledge resource they have created
* Create a personal knowledge repository through sites like furl which ensure important links are kept
* Tie bookmarking into blogging activities…ask learners to create a blog where important reflections – coming out of social bookmarking – can be expressed and explored (and in the process, if blogs are public, enable learners to bookmark the writing of classmates).
Similarities between social bookmarking and tagging and how it can be used pedagogically and as a digital curation
