I spent so much time on Delicious last night, saving and tagging, that I did not have the time to post. It was pretty easy to navigate the Delicious website. The videos are very helpful to watch, pause, follow the directions, and then continue.
I entered several websites that I go to for units done in class. I have a few bookmarked, but often I just google them. Sometimes I forget which ones I have used, so this will be useful as I build my delicious bookmark site. I think this will be helpful to share sites with my grade level and department colleagues. Once the bookmarks are organized, I think it will be even more useful. Now they are just randomly listed. I hope the link works.
http://www.delicious.com/mallozd
With the option to keep some bookmarks private, perhaps this site could be shared with students so they have could use the bookmarked websites for research projects. I am not sure that is how it could be used in the classroom, but with all of the Science sites bookmarked, it might provide a starting point for student research, and perhaps I can add to the collection by discovering other sites that people have bookmarked.
I do like the fact that Delicious is available from any computer. Although I primarily use two computers- one at school and one at home, there are times when I use others. While in a computer lab at school, using my son's laptop, or using a computer while away from home, Delicious makes the websites available from anywhere.
The link did not work, but you can get there.
ReplyDeleteI copied and pasted into my browser and got to your link. I loved the roller coaster site! One thought I had was that you could develop a list of sites that students can use for research and practice and invite them to add to the list. Then all you would need to do is provide the link to the delicious bookmarks in Edline. That would be easier than making a huge list in Edline or word. Another site you may want to investigate would be Diigo. It does the same thing as Delcious, but also allows you to leave electronic post it notes on the page or highlight the page for your students. You can check it out at http://www.diigo.com.
ReplyDeleteThanks- that's a great idea to post a link on edline. I am sure students will have plenty of sites to add to the list. I just need to use it a bit more myself before I post it. I will check out diigo.com tonight.
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