Thing #17

Well I think del.icio.us  is just de.light.ful! I see this as a very valuable tool for teachers.  I have spent many evenings perusing the internet looking for fun new games or lessons for my class.  As I stumble across exciting activities I send out dozens of emails to other teachers to share what I've found.  Using a social bookmarking site would be a much more efficient way to share my findings! 

If I taught upper grades I could see using a social bookmarking site to organize webpages that my students would need for research projects.  By creating a class account students could participate in bookmarking and add resources they found and felt would be useful for classmates.  

I checked out the apsu23things page and saw just how beneficial tags can be.  I love seeing how many people have also tagged a certain item.  What a great way to find sites that are favored among others with similar interests.  The commenting feature is handy as well. I liked seeing what others had to say about a site, it's like reading a preview for the website.  

I am very much looking forward to using my own del.icio.us account!