This presentation presents strategies for using delicious.com as a tool for identifying disparate issues in articles and as a method for sharing resources. It was presented at the International Conference on Teaching and Learning with Technology 2008, as part of action research conducted in Innova Junior College 2008.

2. what is delicious.com ?

3. a website?

4. software?

5. a bit of both

6. A method for Internet users to store, organise, search and manage bookmarks of web pages on the Internet with the help of metadata Definition of Social Bookmarking: according to Wikipedia

7. Definition of Social Bookmarking: Simply; a better way to manage and share online information according to me

8. MANAGE

11. SHARE

13. Action Research: Back to the Classroom Back to the Classroom General Paper Sharing of GP readings amongst students Sharing of website resources amongst teachers learning teaching Science P

14. Scenario A

15. General Paper 2 main areas making connections motivation to read

18. DEMO

19. Survey Results Survey Results

20. Analysis Encourages greater reading by students - 90% agree that delicious helps with the collecting of resources - 81% agree that they enjoy using delicious more than using the newspaper - over 70% are gaining more general knowledge and are able to incorporate content from delicious into GP

21. Analysis 67% do not read articles posted by their classmates. - Inculcate culture of sharing by encouraging discussion of each other’s articles. 48% have accessed delicious on computers away from home - Highlight the ‘cloud’ feature of delicious to students and encourage mobile surfing.

22. Scenario B

23. Science 2 main areas easy archiving easy sharing

26. DEMO

27. Survey Results Survey Results

28. Analysis Allows easy archiving and sharing of resources amongst colleagues - 33.3% strongly agree and 66.7% agree that delicious helps them organise their website resources easily - 25% strongly agree and 75% agree that delicious allows easy sharing amongst colleagues

29. Analysis 25% have reservations on sharing the website resources with students. - Set up another delicious account for students to access. 33.3% feel that delicious may not shorten the time needed to look for website resources. - Pre-agreed on a system for tagging or use more specific tag words.

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