Lesson 4:Social Bookmarking

Think:How do you currently save and store favorite web pages? What provisions do you make to be able to access them whenever you need them?

Normally I bookmark the web page on my computer, but sometimes I send an email with the URL of a web page or take notes on a peace of paper. In addition, to access the web pages bookmarked anytime I want, for instance, while I am walking, I use the internet on my cell phone. However, to do so, it is necessary to send the URL of the page to my cell phone from my computer. From this, I think the best way is taking and carrying notes of URLs with my cell phone.

Explore: What other ways can you think of to publicize your Delicious user name so that others might access what you know? What are benefits can you identify in participating in an open knowledge network such as Delicious?

It is possible to know about other students or we can have some other new kind of knowledge by touching others' favorites.

Explain:Social Software Key Questions

1. What are the main skills needed to use social software?

An organized character and careful mind.

2. What are the affordances (what the software makes possible, what it impedes)?

We can keep our favorite web sites and can visit again easily.

3. How can the technology be used to network professionally and connect users to learning resources?

The function of categorizing is so useful for researchers.

4. What learned skills and understandings may promote your development as an effective learner in the digital age?

It is a bit complicated for me, but in the future I want to be a researcher and to write essays, it is useful for gathering and categorizing information.