Encountering E-Learning Education

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This posting is another description of a useful online teaching tool. Del.icio.us is a website of social bookmarking where people use tags or bookmarks to organise and categories Internet sites. In this way Internet sites are collated in folders and sites can be tagged as frequently as desired.

The home page for the website states that as del.icio.us “all your bookmarks are in one place” you can “bookmark things for yourself and friends” and “check out what other people are bookmarking”. Users can be used to tag sites including articles, blogs, music, reviews, recipes and podcasts. It can be used for online collaboration with friends, family, co-workers and other networks.Social booking marking using del.icio.us has the following advantages:

• Bookmarks can be found from any location such as home, university, work, library or holidaying overseas.
• Bookmarks can be shared publicly so people you know or the wider Internet community can view them.
• You can use del.icio.us to search and browse internet sites other people have bookmarked.

This valuable resource has immense power in pooling resources and sharing ideas. Throughout my readings and viewing of podcasts and vodcassts I have observed del.icio.us being used within primary education. Allanah King and Kathy Cassidy both use del.icio.us as part of their class Weblog to direct students to educational websites linking to their classroom work. I perceive del.icio.us as an invaluable teaching resource which can be used seamlessly and effectively alongside class blogging.

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