Delicious

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=Overview=

Delicious is a social bookmarking site which allows users to manage their favorite websites and share them with others. What makes Delicious even better than using "Favorites" is that the bookmarks are saved on a website which allows them to be accessed from anywhere in the world, with internet connection, rather than your own computer or device. The company was first established in 2003 and was later sold to Yahoo! in 2011. Since then the developers have made several improvements and are focusing more on social activities connected with the program. media type="custom" key="13825094"

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=Ideas for Classroom Use by Laura and Sue=
 * Students working on a project together for class could bookmark sites that had relevant information to their topic and each could easily see what the others have collected. They can use one another to help them find more information for their project.
 * Online bookmarking helps students or teachers who use multiple computers. Ex: You work on a computer at school and a different computer at home.
 * A class can decide together on a tag that would allow websites found by the teacher and students of that class to be in a group together. It will be easy to use and find in class or outside of class.
 * If a classroom or teacher has a blog, a list of sites they have linked on delicious can be on a scroll on their blog. It allows others to see sites that are being looked at in class or that can be used outside of class.
 * Create a list of links based on student interest.
 * Introduce students to "tagging" and discuss how to create meaningful tags.
 * Online bookmarking can help students read critically. Highlighting passages and making notes on parts of the reading can be shared with others in the class. Then the sections and highlights can be discussed.