1. SOCIAL BOOKMARKING
By: Michelle Morgan

2. DESCRIPTION:
Social Bookmarking is a way
of saving web pages or online
information for future use. So,
instead of adding web pages to
your ‘Favorites’ tool bar in your
web browser, you can use a social
bookmarking site to bookmark
what you desire.

3. EXAMPLES:
Pinterest StumbleUpon
Twitter delicious
Reddit BuzzFeed

4. PINTEREST
Pinterest is a free social bookmarking site that allows you to
browse pinboards created by other people and it also allows you
to create your own. By browsing you can find inspiration and
discover new things.
Benefits:
Teachers
Parents
Students

5. TWITTER
Twitter is a free social website that allows you to
gain traffic to your site, business, and blogs by
tweeting updates. In order to post your tweets in
an attractive way for other people to see it is best
to use an interesting statement that is related to
your blog/site with the URL.
Benefits:
Teachers, parents, students can use this website
to communicate and share ideas.

6. REDDIT
Reddit is another neat social bookmarking and social
networking site that allows you to share and discover new
websites. You register a username and password then start
submitting and sharing your bookmarks.
Benefits:
Communication
Discovering and sharing websites

7. STUMBLEUPON
StumbleUpon is a social bookmarking that
allows you to surf through different sites
looking for what interests you. To use
StumbleUpon you create a profile and pick
your interests. For instance, you can save
your favorite websites and easily access them
any time.
Benefits:
Communication (social)
Teachers and Students can use this for
websites that they often visit.

8. DELICIOUS
Delicious is a popular and free social bookmarking
site that allows you to browse and save online
bookmarks. When a user saves the websites it saves to
the web and not to the computer’s web browser. This
allows easy access as long as you have internet
connection.
Benefits:
Communication (social)
Share hyperlinks with others
Find helpful sites to use with the curriculum you
teach within Delicious.

9. BUZZFEED
BuzzFeed is another popular social bookmarking website that
allows a user to post videos and browse what is happening on
the internet. You can explore the different topic tabs: Politics,
Sports, Food, etc.
Benefits:
User friendly (a lot like YouTube, which is another
bookmarking website).
Discovering Educational Videos
Visual Learners

10. SUMMARY
Overall, social bookmarking is a great way to keep all
your bookmarks organized and easy to use. It is a great
way to share, search, organize, and manage any web
resources you wish to keep handy.

11. REFERENCES:
1) http://googleimages.com/
2) http://pinterest.com/
3) http://twitter.com/
4) http://www.reddit.com/
5) http://www.stumbleupon.com/
6) https://delicious.com/
7) http://www.buzzfeed.com/