Ba sed on 7 Thing s y ou should know a bout. . . S ocia l Bookma rking
EDUCAUS E Lea rning Initia tive ( www.educause.edu/eli/)
Therese Michael
EDIT 611 – FALL 2009

Scenario
SCENARIO
Uf…. I’m so tired
I’m ruined!
I’ve the clue!

What is Social Bookmarking?
WHAT IS SOCIAL BOOKMARKING?
1
The practice of saving bookmarks to
a public Web site and “tagging”
them with keywords.
Public Private

How it works?
HOW IT WORKS?
2
Tags:
Web site 1
Web site 2 -EDIT 772
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Web site 3 -EDIT705

My Example
MY EXAMPLE
Web sites
Tags

Why is it Significant?
WHY IS IT SIGNIFICANT?
3
1- APPRECIATING DIFFERENT
Tag 3 PERSPECTIVES
Tag 1
Web Resource
Tag 2
Tag 4

Why is it Significant?
EASE OF STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL
2- EASE OF STORAGE & RETRIEVAL

Why is it Significant?
INFORMATION ORGANIZATION
3- INFORMATION ORGANIZATION

EDUCATIONAL AND PEDAGOGICAL IMPLICATIONS
Educational & Pedagogical
Implications
4

Downsides
DOWNSIDES
5

References
REFERENCES
 7 Thing s y ou should know a bout. . . S ocia l Bookma rking
EDUCAUS E Lea rning Initia tive ( www.educa use.edu/eli/)
 Vuorika ri, Riina. Europea n S choolnet. Ma y 2007. 01
October 2009 http://insig ht.eun.org
 LeFever, Lee. CommonCra ft. Aug ust 2007. October 2009,
http://www.commoncra ft.com/bookma rking -pla in-eng lish