Module 7

Module 7

Learning Objectives:

·         Explore social bookmarking and sharing resources on the web.

·         Create a Delicious or Diigo account.

·         Install the Delicious or Diigo extension for your browser.

·         Find another Delicious or Diigo user and add them to your network.

·         Read and comment on blogs of other course participants.

·         Create a blog post reflecting on your learning about social bookmarking and blogging in Module 7.

1 Why are Social Bookmarking tools like Delicious & Diigo so popular?	24/10/13	The main benefits of using Delicious or Diigo are: Keep links to your favourite articles, blogs, music, restaurant reviews, and more on Delicious. Access your bookmarks from any computer on the web. Share favourites with friends, family, and colleagues. Discover new things that others have found. Organise your bookmarks through tagging them with keywords and personalised notes. Create a group to share resources. Join other groups to access their resources.
2 Activity 1: Explore Delicious or Diigo for bookmarking and sharing on the Web		I explored both bookmarking sites and decided on Delicious - not sure why but it just appealed more.
3 Activity 2: Create either a Delicious or Diigo account and install the extension on your toolbar		I opened a Delicious account and added some sites I use but I don’t seem to have the toolbar so I am not sure about some of the other instructions about the extension, etc But I have managed to download the app onto my iPad so hopefully I can learn about how to use it there….
4 Activity 3: Find another Delicious or Diigo user and add them to your network		I found someone to follow; her name is Judy O’Connell so that appealed :-) and her blog is: heyjude.wordpress.com I don’t know how often I’ll read her stuff but it’s a start I guess. I found a good article about BYOD (bring your own device): http://k12blueprint.com/sites/default/files/BYOD-Planning-Implementation-Framework.pdf and I will share this with the teachers at school.
5 Activity 4: Read and comment on blogs of other course participants		I read Daniel Avano’s blog and made a comment - looks much more impressive, and picturesque, than mine!! So I have added a photo so that I feel better :-)
6 Optional Activity: Import your Bookmarks		I can’t work out how to do this without the toolbar so I need to investigate further - I am feeling a bit frustrated at the moment and a bit tech-incompetent!
7 Module Reflection Activity		I think I need to talk to a "real" person in order to solve my current issues....