07.07.08
Thing 15 – Dee-lish
The best thing by far about del.icio.us is that it’s a time-saver. It’s like a Web-browsing, research tool where the work has already been done for you! For example, I created a subscription through delicious to all links tagged with the words “grammar,” “learning,” and “students.” Once I refreshed the page, I had a list of about 25 websites fitting those characteristics: websites that I can use for teaching grammar or sites my students can use for grammar practice. Features of this Web 2.0 tool remind me of Google Reader.
I like being able to add other delicious users to my account, and I can see how sharing accounts among grade levels, divisions, or schools could be very helpful. I’m thinking that as my team begins to revise and strengthen our social studies curriculum, we could use delicious to post and share links to websites that fit well with the content we’re teaching. If we are all searching and adding to delicious using the same tags, then we really are taking a ton of work off each others’ plates. Importing my Firefox bookmarks into delicious was quick and easy (I didn’t have many). Another thing I like about delicious is that I can embed a link to my account in facebook and on my blog. Convenient!
