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This presentation presents strategies for using delicious.com as a tool for identifying disparate issues in articles and as a method for sharing resources. It was presented at the International Conference on Teaching and Learning with Technology 2008, as part of action research conducted in Innova Junior College 2008.
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delicious.comsocial bookmarking as
metacognitive and research tool
what is delicious.com?
a website?
software?
a bit of both
A method for Internet users to store, organise, search and manage bookmarks of web pages on the Internet with the help of metadata
Definition of Social Bookmarking:
according to Wikipedia
Definition of Social Bookmarking:Simply; a better way to manage and share online information
according to me
MANAGE
access from anywherekeep your bookmarks online
all you need is internet access and a browser
organise and searchno more diving through folders
no more confusion over articles with multiple categories
organise with tags instead
pirates vs monkeys: who would win?
SHARE
sharing your accountgive your account, let others see what you’re reading
add others to your network and see what they’re reading colleague
spouse
student
Action Research:Back to the Classroom
learning teaching
Science PGeneral
Paper
Sharing of GP readings amongst students
Sharing of website resources amongst teachers
Scenario A
General Paper2 main areas
making connections
motivation to read
making connectionsinterlinked issues
tagging = metacognitive action
motivation to read
digital natives
one-up manship
Methodology
• 42 JC1 students
• Posting of articles for GP issues content (specifically Crime & Punishment)
• Set up individual delicious.com accounts to post and share 2 or more articles in space of 1 week.
Task:
DEMO
Survey Results
AnalysisEncourages greater reading by students
- 90% agree that delicious helps with the collecting of resources
- 81% agree that they enjoy using delicious more than using the newspaper
- over 70% are gaining more general knowledge and are able to incorporate content from delicious into GP
Analysis67% do not read articles posted by their classmates.
- Inculcate culture of sharing by encouraging discussion of each other’s articles.
48% have accessed delicious on computers away from home
- Highlight the ‘cloud’ feature of delicious to students and encourage mobile surfing.
Scenario B
Science2 main areas
easy archiving
easy sharing
easy archiving tagging= clear organisation
“Life-long” resources
easy sharing tagging= easy retrieval
Snowball and multiplication of resources
Methodology• 12 Junior College Science teachers
• Span across the 3 science disciplines (Biology, Chemistry and Physics)
• Set up individual delicious.com accounts to manage and share website resources within the department
Task:
DEMO
Survey Results
AnalysisAllows easy archiving and sharing of resources amongst colleagues
- 33.3% strongly agree and 66.7% agree that delicious helps them organise their website resources easily
- 25% strongly agree and 75% agree that delicious allows easy sharing amongst colleagues
Analysis25% have reservations on sharing the website resources with students.
- Set up another delicious account for students to access.
33.3% feel that delicious may not shorten the time needed to look for website resources.
- Pre-agreed on a system for tagging or use more specific tag words.
all you need to get started:
an internet connection
a browser
log on to http://delicious.com to register for a free account
thank youand have a good day!