Social bookmarking allows users to save bookmarks online and tag them with keywords. It provides benefits like appreciating different perspectives through tags, ease of storage and retrieval of information, and better organization of information. However, there are also downsides like potential misuse of tags.

1. 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

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

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

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

5. My Example
MY EXAMPLE
Web sites
Tags

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

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

8. Why is it Significant?
INFORMATION ORGANIZATION
3- INFORMATION ORGANIZATION

9. EDUCATIONAL AND PEDAGOGICAL IMPLICATIONS
Educational & Pedagogical
Implications
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10. Downsides
DOWNSIDES
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11. 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