Watch this explanation from Common Craft and then sign up for a Delicious account. When you first look at Delicious, check out some of the "Fresh Bookmarks" and "Popular Bookmarks" to see how they have been tagged.
Once you've created a Delicious account, add and tag some of your favorite websites. Post your Delicious username on your blog (I have two: jane.nesmith and jcnesmith), then, once other people have started posting their Delicious usernames, add a few of your classmates to your network. You can add me first just to see how it works.
Then spend some time browsing the web for stories about any topic that you're thinking about these days--can be a topic in one of your classes, something you need to do research on, or a personal interest. Add and tag a few pages. Now you can access these pages from anywhere.
When you're finished, create a post and reflect on your Delicious experience.
Discovery Exercise:
Look at Stumbleupon; you don't have to create an account (unless you want to after learning more about it here), but this is an interesting way to see what the general public is discovering on the web. Click "Discover" and you'll see current sites getting top rankings. On the right-hand side you'll see a list of popular tags. Look around a bit and perhaps you'll find something exciting.
Diggo is another bookmarking site to check out. Diggo is quickly gaining popularity with new features like post-it notes and the ability to create thumbnails of saved link pages. Feel free to complete your discovery exercise using Diggo if you prefer.
Discovery Exercise:
- Create a Delicious account and add websites
- add me to your network (jane.nesmith), then add a few of your classmates
- Create a post about your experience: Do you see this as a useful tool? How might this be useful for your work in college? How about after college? If you already use one of the other social bookmarking sites, feel free to share that and your thoughts about it rather than create another account (but at least look at Delicious).
- AND post your Delicious username
Look at Stumbleupon; you don't have to create an account (unless you want to after learning more about it here), but this is an interesting way to see what the general public is discovering on the web. Click "Discover" and you'll see current sites getting top rankings. On the right-hand side you'll see a list of popular tags. Look around a bit and perhaps you'll find something exciting.
Diggo is another bookmarking site to check out. Diggo is quickly gaining popularity with new features like post-it notes and the ability to create thumbnails of saved link pages. Feel free to complete your discovery exercise using Diggo if you prefer.
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