Social Bookmarking:

Social bookmarking has the potential to be great research tool for students and teachers. I like social bookmarking sites because they can help students to find ways to search for information other than Google. Students can use this tool to save, archive, tag, and organize their own sources for individual projects. Bookmarks can also allow students to add bookmarks that they can access anytime at any computer.  Students who use these sites will also be less likely to lose links that they have found valuable. I feel that is another great Web 2.0 tool for students to use for organizing and categorizing resources.

 Teachers can also use social bookmarking to collaborate and share information with colleagues and parents who may want more information on certain topics.  I feel that teachers and students will have to invest time into learning how to use social bookmarking tools in the classroom.  So far, this tool seems relatively easy to learn and navigate.

I would like to use social bookmarking in my class as a resource for class projects and as a way for students keep up to date on current health events. In health class, every Friday we have “current events” in which students will find a new article, magazine article, or website to share with the class.  Using a social bookmarking site would be a great way to have student to tag, share, add, or create a new bookmarks to use in the future. Using social booking in class would fall under NEST’s standards “conducting research and use information and “communicating and collaborating”.