Thing #17 Social Networking

Educators and students should take advantage of social networking/bookmarking sites. I always save my useful sites in the standard bookmarking fashion, and when I really need a my URLs I never have them with me. Social bookmarking sites such as Del.icio.us, Furl and Ma. gnolia allow us to forget the hassle of creating hundreds of separate folders. You just simply use the tool bar to organize bookmarks. However, these sites are more than just great organizers. Educators could create, research, publish, and have a way to collaborate with other users world wide. Educators could share their great ideas with others, and the beginning teachers would have another source for gathering new materials. More importantly, staying organized with your research is a huge bonus. This is where students could create bookmarks and add tags to share with other students and their research projects. Using these sites might also create a sense of unity among peers that would encourage others to open up and share their ideas with the class.