Thing 20 - Bookmarking with del.icio.us

del.icio.us/mmorley127

This is a great idea but I could not set this up without a yahoo account and password. I did not see any mention of this in the tutorial videos but yahoo does own del.icio.us so that is probably why I need one more account. UGHH! I am closing in on maximum capacity for user names and passwords. But... it may be worth it as I see how easily I can save links on a single site. It was also helpful that del.icio.us provides default tags for each site that I opened reducing how much I had to analyze useful tags and how much I had to type.

All of my great Spanish sites for teachers and for students are now on my del.icio.us account. This is a convenient option. It is helpful that I do not have to set bookmarks at school and at home. It is convenient that I don't have to set up bookmarks for each browser that I use. It should be easy for my students to see all of these options and share useful sites with me as well. I still struggle with the privacy issues. I am learning how to separate personal bookmarks from my professional ones. I am trying to take advantage of sites others have shared. The greatest asset that this offers to my students and colleagues is quick access to useful sites to practice grammar, vocabulary, listening for a variety of levels and teaching resources for our professional development. This does seem like a site that will enhance my productivity because it reduces all of the places that I used to save significant sites into one saving zone. I am surprised that some sites that I value have so few people that have tagged the sites; perhaps I am in at the beginning of a new technology. YEAH! In the end this is probably one of the 23 Things I see myself using the most and again I am grateful for another gem in my toolbox.