As I read through the material and my peers' posts on social bookmarking, I began to think about more of the educational value of this. I'm not really a big fan of socializing on the Internet, because I have seen first hand the damage it can do to young women. However, as a research tool, being able to give a class an assignment on, say, Kant's idea of the categorical imperative, put the kids in groups, and ask them share their results, social bookmarking could be ideal.
You can transfer your results to a class folder or even print them if you are using them for a presentation or an essay. It could also lead to some plagiarism, but no more so than any other research project.
For my own purposes, I could see working with other teachers who teach the same courses that I do and using social bookmarking as a way for us to share resources. Right now we tell each other about sites that we find especially helpful, but this would be a much more efficient way of sharing.
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For my own purposes, I could see working with other teachers who teach the same courses that I do and using social bookmarking as a way for us to share resources. Right now we tell each other about sites that we find especially helpful, but this would be a much more efficient way of sharing.
Have you set up any search feeds for yourself yet?
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