Organization in Chaos

Social Knowledge Platform(Delicious & Diigo)

Why bookmarking?There are great Web 2.0 resources for the

classroom, with new tools appearing all the time and others disappearing. I'd love to hear how folks manage them - how do you assess new tools, organize them, share them with teachers and students at your schools, etc. Mary Beth B

Your networkI make use of Diigo, my own account and

the groups in Diigo like http://groups.diigo.com/group/classroom20

I am a firm believer in social bookmarking. Judith R

Cut and paste links In the past we copied links to MS Word, problem with

categorization, updating, removing, ‘paper-based’ retrieval,

singular lens…

http://www.readwritethink.org/index.asp (lesson plans, resources, links, etc.)http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/ (guide to grammar and writing)http://www.landmark-project.com/citation_machine/index.php (generates citations/bibliography)http://www.sparknotes.com/ ("Coles Notes" in electronic form)http://www.education.mcgill.ca/teamATEQ/index.htmhttp://www.sjr.mb.ca/englishhttp://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php?screen=NewRubric&module=Rubistar& (rubric site)\\Lion2\teachers3$\Course Descriptions 2004-2005 (2004-05 English course descriptions)http://www.readwritethink.org/calendar/calendar_day.asp?id=656 (summer reading ideas and links)http://www.ncte.org/collections/summerread (more summer reading)http://www.edutopia.org/ (George Lucas Education Foundation)http://www.eduref.org/ (Education database)http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/index.html (Lesson plans, resources, etc.)

or this (FF bookmarks)

Sharing bookmarksMany sites now embed bookmark links or

RSS feeds.

Delicious and Diigo

Use TagsA tag is simply a word you can

use to describe a bookmark. Unlike folders, you make up tags when you need them and you can use as many as you like. The result is a better way to organize your bookmarks and a great way to discover interesting things on the Web.

Use of Tags: Content ThreadsCan be used by all constituents (students

to admin), from individual to group collections

Independent contributors to shared tagAsynchronous or in synchronous learning

mediums Archive collectionsAnother expert filter

Flickr tags

Browser widget

Place buttons in browser which makes tagging and collection of tagged items easy.

Diigo toolbar(more than a social bookmarking tool)

Multiple views

Tag Teams: MathDelicious as an alternative search engine. You

can search by the tag to view a collection gathered by other users with that particular tag. i.e. math7

Social knowledge platformCollaborative writing teams for learning

and evaluation situations (LES)Common threads and resources for

teachersRanking support popularity = usabilityTeacher created resources = peer reviewed

Science Work Teams

Collaborative GroupsWorks very well in conjunction with

current collaborative tools (Google docs)Tagged sources create support for

creating meaningful learning resources

SubscriptionsSubscribe to particular tags OR a person’s network

PLE: Network(note following George S.)

Teaching and Learning Groups

Diigolet Multiple options to gather immediate

informationAdds greater features for students, such as

annotations and highlighting that are savedImportant skill for for today’s learners

Group: Teacher console

For studentsContribute links to the class… more resources

on a topicCollaborate on research… quality of sourcesBacktrack.. online record of resourcesSharable with peers, support toolsFamiliar with tagging (21st century skill)Lecturer tool, archive of lesson resources

online

Tools work together Diigo, Delicious, Google Marker, Google Docs

RSS feeds to collect bookmarks

You can embed links into your blog as a link roll.

Group Functions(Use of RSS Feeds : iGoogle)

Easily track who; what; when item has been contributed and corresponding writing through RSS feeds.

Improves time management and workflow

Continual LearningAs we expand our use of cloud computing,

use of tagging and social bookmarking tools gain relevance

This is an essential skill for our PLETools that archive and pull content are

replacing push and manual search toolsHunting and gathering aggregators are key

skills in navigating cloud sources

AffordancesInteraction on resources through tags,

comments and annotations, Aggregation or resources through use of tags,

user or groups

Part of my personal learning and knowledge management system

You can create an archiveIf you still need the links the traditional

route.. You can EXPORT (key to sustainability) to an .html file.

Why Social BookmarkingCollaborationWisdom of the crowdCollective organizationAccess to bookmarks, “organization in

chaos”Promotes networkingMore foot traffic, less yellowyellow pages