Find out exactly what a purpose-built del.icio.us page is, why you need one, and how it can benefit you. This blog is complete with examples and links.
Social bookmarking allows individuals to share resources and links. Del.icio.us and Digg are two prominent examples. Digg and Del.icio.us are surprisingly effective at capturing the zeitgeist within a group of web users. Bookmarks grow in popularity based on how frequently they are saved. Bookmarking serves as an information filter - if thousands of individuals found a particular resource to be valuable (or at least of interest), it can be assumed to be of greater significance or originality.
The Spring 2008 edition of the Top 100 Tools for Learning has been published by Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies (C4LPT). Earlier this year, they gathered the top 10 tools used by 155 learning professionals to compile this massive list. Their analysis and individual lists are also linked within the document."
The top 10:
1. del.icio.us
2. Firefox
3. Google Reader
4. Skype
5. Google Search
6. Wordpress
7. PowerPoint
8. GMail
9. Audacity
10. Blogger
This simple tool helps you export your Delicious bookmarks to Google Bookmarks. To use it, you'll need to be already signed into the Google Account that you wish to import your bookmarks into.