Thing #6

I have been browsing through the different categories of Web 2.0 tools and believe I have found the one that would benefit me the most...personally. My web browser is completely full of bookmark categories after bookmark folders after scattered bookmarks across the top of the toolbar. In exploring the award winners, I found the del.icio.us tool. When I first started looking at the site, I thought it was only a list of bookmark sites other people had created. What I didn't realize was how much this could benefit me personally. This site has "the biggest bookmark collection in the universe," as quoted from their page. I have found links to many different sites because other people have listed links according to their needs, their interests, and just because they can. The best part about this site is that I can create a del.icio.us link site of my own. I can keep track of the different sites I keep "losing" bookmarks to, share my bookmarks with others, and see what they are bookmarking. The site also has a collection of the most popular bookmarked sites and you can search to find those you are interested in. Now I can sign into my del.icio.us account and import all the bookmarks from my web browser, tag new sites I want to keep track of, and access my del.icio.us list from any computer!
I'm sure I could find a way to incoporate this into a school setting, even if it's just used to link websites I plan to use with my class at some point. This would be a good way to keep track of all the different sites I use with the students at some point throughout the year. When I get ready to show them a new site I have found, all I have to do is visit my del.icio.us site and there are all the links I have tagged. It doesn't matter whether I am using my laptop, the classroom computers, or computers at a totally different school. I still have access to the sites I have saved for them.