Using a social bookmarking system only makes sense in education. Teachers survive in their daily classroom by sharing information , teaching methods, and materials. This system allows easy access to so many types of information for everyone involved.
I can see this being used as a school to home connection tool where the teacher could list sites for child development, improving academic skills, or presenting fun family activities. Families could access the site and read all the information the teacher would like to share with them or they could post materials for the teacher or other families in the classroom or building.
Teachers can save time by viewing the sites when their schedule allows instead of discussing the materials with each other at lunch or quickly in the hallway. New ideas can be utilized and available with a keystroke. I have seen many occasions where I've been in my classroom and wishing I had a certain website listed on my home computer favorites.
I think it's a great organizational tool and everyone knows that good teachers have to be organized!
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Just posted your blog to my bloglines. I try to look at bloglines most days. Golf gets in the way frequently. Social bookmarking was one of my favorites. I haven't added much recently. Here is my address if you would like to look at it:http://delicious.com/ozillgitt.
ReplyDeleteWe're all in this together... trying to make sense of all the information we're bombarded with daily. Social bookmarking is a great way to work together to separate the best sites from the rest of the sites.
ReplyDeleteI agree, great idea to stay organized and share ideas :)
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