The two great advantages I see to a Del.icio.us social bookmarking is that you can access your bookmarks from any computer (I have encountered this problem trying to remember a bookmark I had stored on a different computer) and the fact that you can see other peoples bookmarks to help guide you to better information. I will admit I sometimes get overwhelmed when I do a Google search and a million or so sites are reported as a result. Going through site by site can be both frustrating and time consuming. This is a great way of seeing what other people who are doing similar searches have found useful and is a great time saving measure to help you find significant pieces of information, not just information overload. I really like the fact that when you tag a site to save as a bookmark there are suggested tags and popular tags to give you ideas quickly without having to think too hard about what would be a good tag. For example when looking at the “apsu23things's Bookmarks” I found a great site, “Reading 2.0” that I had not encountered before. It lead me to another site on “Interactive Book Sites” that will be helpful for another class I am taking and for tutoring a student in reading. I think it could also have uses in the classroom for students. Students are always coming up while I was student teaching saying they could not find anything while doing a research project. A bookmark of this kind could allow students to see sites that other students in the class have found information. It could also be helpful for parents that wanted to help their child do research as they could see the sites that I have visited and found useful.
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