Social Bookmarking

When given the social bookmarking assignment, I chose to use delicious. Click here to view my Delicious page. I chose delicious because it was one that I had heard of before but never use. I really did not have a set purpose or desire for my site. Just like with the Twitter assignment, I did it because it was required for class. I was not sure that I would ever really use it. Delicious has a button you can add to your toolbar. When you want to bookmark a webpage, you do not have to copy and paste. You can simply click the button, add your details and click okay. It makes it super easy! So, I added the button to my toolbar figuring I would use it more often if it was right there in front of me. As we read our text for class, I was introduced to things I had never heard of before (i.e. Moodle). I began to look up more information on these subject areas that interested me. I noticed that when I bookmark the sites, I actually go back and read them. I am always busy when checking mail so I never go back and read those things emailed to me. Having this site helps motivate me to read and collect new information to better my teacher practices. I bookmark anything that will better me professionally. I also bookmark pages that help me with the pursuit of my teacher leadership degree. And of course, I bookmark pages that help me in my work with this blog. I can use it to collect information, data and ideas. I definitely will continue using this to help me grow professionally.

I wanted to share with you some of the bookmarks that I have come across:

1. Success of Public Schools

This is a good example of an article that I would use professionally. As teachers, we are always looking for ways to help our school be successful. So, any information I can gather that will help me, my students and school be successful is important to me.

2. 50 Open Source Tools

With my blog and the success of my classroom, I am in search of ways to improve my classroom and help keep my students actively engaged. And I need to do this all a frugally as possible. This is an example of how I can do just that!

3. Educational Leadership in the 21^st Century

I am currently working on my Educational Specialist degree in Teacher Leadership. I try to stay on top of new information that will help me with this newly developed area. This is a great video that is short and to the point. Anne Barab talks with teachers in Texas about what educational leaders need to do to help their schools become successful in the 21^st century.

As you can see, I am trying to follow several different areas/subjects. I would hope that other professionals could benefit from this variety of areas and ideas. By adding a link roll to my webpage, I am hoping to share my resources with many others who might find them interesting. The majority of my bookmarks are 21^st Century/connectivism based. I really hope people can use these bookmarks to help them, their students and their school be successful in this new age of teaching.