23 Things Week 6: Tagging and Social Bookmarking

I have had a Delicious account for a while and it has been very helpful in organizing my ever growing list of bookmarks.  I especially like that it allows me to access my bookmarks from any computer (assuming I remember my log in and password).  Since I have more time to browse and to do searches at home, this allows me to save and tag useful sites for school use while on my home computer and then access them easily from any computer at school.

Tag bundling has been an especially useful feature for me as my list of sites grows longer. I also like viewing my tags as a cloud.  I need to spend time editing my tags and deleting sites that are no longer working or no longer of interest to me.

I set up an account for teachers at my school to use and share but we really haven't made use of it.  I may start using it to separate my websites; putting only those that I want to share with my elementary students and/or their parents on the second site while keeping the first site for personal interests.  On the other hand, after looking at the Diigo videos, I am impressed with the enhanced capabilities of that program.  I can see how the highlighting, sticky note, and especially the archive features could be VERY useful in an educational setting.  It is no fun to have a class full of students primed to see a site and then to find that the site has disappeared or drastically changed overnight.  So, I may decide to switch from Delicous to Diigo.