del.icio.ussocial bookmarking as

metacognitive and research tool

what is del.icio.us?

a website?

software?

a bit of both

A method for Internet users to store, organise, search and manage bookmarks of web pages on the Internet with the help of metadata

Definition of Social Bookmarking:

according to Wikipedia

Definition of Social Bookmarking:Simply; a better way to manage and share online information

according to me

MANAGE

access from anywherekeep your bookmarks online

all you need is internet access and a browser

organise and searchno more diving through folders

no more confusion over articles with multiple categories

organise with tags instead

pirates vs monkeys: who would win?

SHARE

sharing your accountgive your account, let others see what you’re reading

add others to your network and see what they’re reading colleague

spouse

student

Action Research:Back to the Classroom

learning teaching

Science PGeneral

Paper

Sharing of GP readings amongst students

Sharing of website resources amongst teachers

Scenario A

General Paper2 main areas

making connections

motivation to read

making connectionsinterlinked issues

tagging = metacognitive action

motivation to read

digital natives

one-up manship

Methodology

• 42 JC1 students

• Posting of articles for GP issues content (specifically Crime & Punishment)

• Set up individual del.icio.us accounts to post and share 2 or more articles in space of 1 week.

Task:

DEMO

Survey Results

AnalysisEncourages greater reading by students

- 90% agree that del.icio.us helps with the collecting of resources

- 81% agree that they enjoy using del.icio.us more than using the newspaper

- over 70% are gaining more general knowledge and are able to incorporate content from del.icio.us into GP

Analysis67% do not read articles posted by their classmates.

- Inculcate culture of sharing by encouraging discussion of each other’s articles.

48% have accessed del.icio.us on computers away from home

- Highlight the ‘cloud’ feature of del.icio.us to students and encourage mobile surfing.

Scenario B

Science2 main areas

easy archiving

easy sharing

easy archiving tagging= clear organisation

“Life-long” resources

easy sharing tagging= easy retrieval

Snowball and multiplication of resources

Methodology• 12 Junior College Science teachers

• Span across the 3 science disciplines (Biology, Chemistry and Physics)

• Set up individual deli.icio.us account to manage and share website resources within the department

Task:

DEMO

Survey Results

AnalysisAllows easy archiving and sharing of resources amongst colleagues

- 33.3% strongly agree and 66.7% agree that de.icio.us helps them organise their website resources easily

- 25% strongly agree and 75% agree that del.icio.us allows easy sharing amongst colleagues

Analysis25% have reservations on sharing the website resources with students.

- Set up another del.icio.us account for students to access.

33.3% feel that del.icio.us may not shorten the time needed to look for website resources.

- Pre-agreed on a system for tagging or use more specific tag words.

all you need to get started:

an internet connection

a browser

log on to http://del.icio.us to register for a free account

thank youand have a good day!