Social+Bookmarking+and+Tagging

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Introduction
 Social bookmarking and tagging are the hallmark of Social Media today. They allow Web 2.0 users to virtually save information, share it with others, and collaborate--and it's efficient, easy, and engaging.

Begin by watching Common Craft's [|"Social Bookmarking in Plain English".] media type="youtube" key="x66lV7GOcNU" height="260" width="320"

There are a number of different types of social bookmarking services. For the below Discovery Exercises, we will be focusing on [|Delicious]. You can begin by reading about[| the benefits of Delicious and how it works.]

[|Delicious] is a social bookmarking service that allows users to keep online records of the resources that they are exploring. It's just like saving "Favorites" to your web browser--but it's accessible from any computer and Delicious is capable of sorting your websites in "common groups" through **tagging**. = =  Users can add **tags** to any site they find to describe what it's about or what it contains. Tags are short titles that are added by users that define the category that they believe best describes a particular weblink. Once tagged, the resource that you've labeled is grouped with every other resource that has been tagged with the same label. This makes it easier for other others to find your public links; the [|Delicious Tag Library] allows a user to locate your saved resources through tags they think might be used to describe those resources.

Tagging is one of the most important aspects of Social Media and Web 2.0 tools. It allows users to find related resources, connect, share, and collaborate. There are no rules to the number of tags you can apply to an item and you have total control over the vocabulary used. Just remember! It is important to tag items using words that: 
 * 1) You will remember and be able to locate and understand later.
 * 2) Other users might also choose to describe a particular item.

Discovery Exercises
 You will be using [|Delicious] for the discovery exercises below. Be sure to create a [|Delicious account] before you begin. It's quick and free!


 * NOTE**: If you need Help at any point along the way, you can refer to the [|Delicious Support Section] at any time.

__Exercise 1__
 Log in to your [|Delicious] account if you haven't already. 
 * Add your first link to your account; this link should be the [|BCDS Library Resources Hub]
 * **Tag this link**: Beaver Library, Library Resources Hub.
 * HELP**: [|How do I save a bookmark?]
 * HELP**: [|What are Tags? Tips and Tricks.]

__Exercise 2__

 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Add four links on the subject you teach to your bookmark page.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Tag those links in your subject area: ex. "physics" or "shakespeare".

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__Exercise 3__
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 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Begin creating a "network" of colleagues in your department.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Bundle this network together.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Send one of your bookmarked links to colleague in your department (bookmarks created in Exercise 2).
 * HELP**: [|How do I create a bundled network and share links?]

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Stretching Exercises
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> There are a number of extensions that allow you to easily add bookmarks to your Delicious account without visiting the Delicious website. Begin by reading the [|Quick Tour of a Firefox Extension.] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Add a button to your Firefox browser for quick bookmarking of links by [|installing the extension.]

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Play Further!
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">//For more in-depth information on social bookmarking:// <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Check out [|Pageflakes] and see how you can use it to stay informed about changes made to a Delicious Network (new links added, etc.). You can check out some really excellent education pageflakes from other schools, like the [|Language Arts Pagecast] or the [|Social Studies Pagecast.]

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