Del.icio.us is another great Web 2.0 tool to be familiar with. I had heard of it, but had not really looked into it, which is why I am glad I decided to sign up for this course: it requires that we dedicate some time to hands on exploration of tools that can increase productivity and collaboration.
As the narrator in the Common Crafts Del.icio.us Video mentioned, adding websites to one's Favorites tab or Bookmarking them is the "old way" of doing things and this is where I was still at with a long, long list of favorite websites which I had attempted to organize in folders but yet somehow still kept losing track of. I like the idea of using personal tags for organizing websites and being able to access these bookmarked sites from any computer, not just from home. After registering I followed the steps for exporting my already bookmarked sites under Favorites to Del.icio.us.
There is good potential for use in the professional and/or educational setting. Researchers could keep track of any relevant sites to a topic and then have accessibility from any other computer as well as being able to share bookmarked sites with other student researchers, building a community of learning and collaboration. Being able to view what others have already bookmarked makes the researching process more time effective since one can view what others have already found useful.
The value of this tool for collaboration is big. I liked that the concept was explained as a huge file cabinet where bookmarked and tagged sites where thought of as files in which others could peek into to borrow information which had already been acquired. I'd imagine that having an account for a school would benefit teaching staff through the sharing of valuable resources found.
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