Social bookmarking is the method of using a service like Delicious to bookmark or save website urls according to topic and then sharing them with others. Delicious is a site which educators and librarians are using to help students and patrons to learn and share with each other (Gustafson). Gustafson, who was a college student in 2008 used social bookmarking to store and keep track of research for school projects. This is one use for social bookmarking: storage of research.
According to another technophile, Carolyn Hanych, "Educators need time to learn how to use new technology tools and how to successfully implement them into their instruction" (Hanych). This is a valid point, though a hard one to see through in the light of busy teaching schedules and personal lives. Though, if people are willing to learn, there is much to accomplish in the way of making professional lives easier. Social bookmarking allows one to store bookmarks in a way that is not computer-specific. It also allows for the sharing of bookmarks with colleagues. This allows for the building upon research of others (Jackson).
Social bookmarking is an all around useful tool for making one's life more streamlined. Instead of having to create a computer-specific bookmark for a site on a topic for class, an individual can save the information online using a site like Delicious and thus have access to the sites on any computer.
References
Gustavson, B. (2008). Who says librarians (and teachers) don't like tags? Retrieved November 8, 2009 from http://blog.delicious.com/blog/2008/03/ who-says-librarians-and-teachers-dont- like-tags.html
Hanych, C. (2009). My plan to use social bookmarking as professional development. Retrieved November 8, 2009, from http://chanych.wordpress.com/2009/10/24/my-plan-to-use-social- bookmarking-as-professional-development/
Jackson, L. (2006). Sites to see: social bookmarking. Education World. Retrieved November 8, 2009, from http://www.education-world.com/a_tech/sites/sites080.shtml
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