Week+of+10.24.11

=Topic=
 * Social Bookmarking

=Activity=


 * Thursday:**
 * Take the quiz on the google form link here: Social Bookmarking Mini-Quiz
 * Continue to set up your delicious, diigo, and symbaloo pages.
 * Make sure to have five sites saved on each before the end of class
 * You can search for webmixes on Symbaloo to add to your account.


 * If you finish this, you may do any of the following:
 * Courses on your Infohio Learn-a-Test account
 * Check out the high school websites
 * Post on wallwisher
 * Check Renweb


 * Wednesday:**

Today we will discuss social bookmarking. First we will watch a video to help us understand What is social bookmarking?

We will then discuss... //**What are the benefits**//??? - other people can benefit from your bookmarks - portability - more orderly //**- less likely to lose bookmarks b/c they aren't tied to a computer**// - //**can access from anywhere**//

Then.... **//What would you bookmark//**???

- prject resources - renweb and the other sites you use all the time - sites you just use and like that you want others to know about - music - places to go - vacation - car websites - clothes - high school sites - shopping - computer sites - books you like - songs you like

We will then visit three different bookmarking sites: - Delicious – [|www.delicious.com] - Diigo – [|www.diigo.com] - Symbaloo - [|www.symbaloo.com]

After we discuss and visit these sites as a group, each student will take time to sign up for an account on all three sites. You will then create bookmarks for at least 5 different webpages and add then to each bookmarking site. **//I would suggest starting with one, completing the exercise, then moving to the next.//** After doing this, USE THE SITES for a few days.... then next week be ready to discuss which one you like best and why. As you test out the bookmarking sites, be aware that I will be asking you to complete a table such as the one below during either Thursday or next Wednesday's class. **Yes/No** ||  **Diigo** **Yes/No** ||  **Symbaloo** **Yes/No** ||
 * **This site….** ||  **Delicious**
 * Allows you to bookmark documents ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Allows you to store photos ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Allows you to tag your stored links ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Allows you to .... ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Allows you to use icons instead of text to save the link ||  ||   ||   ||

More reading on social bookmarking:

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A Symbaloo is a bookmarking site where you can organize links to sites frequently used.