Thing 12: Tagging and Del.icio.us

Do yourself some tagging:


1. You can tag (Blogger calls them labels) your Blogger posts with keywords or phrases. From the Dashboard, go to Manage Posts and choose the post you want to add tags to. Enter the words in the Labels for this post box in the lower right. Type in your tags (commas between each word or phase). Click Publish Post to re-publish the post with its labels (tags) to your blog.
Done.

2. Watch this great overview of Social Bookmarking provided by our good friends at CommonCraft.
Done.

3. Create a Del.icio.us account for yourself and discover how this useful bookmarking tool can replace your traditional browser bookmark list.
Done.


4. Explore the site options and try clicking on a bookmark that has also been bookmarked by a lot of other users. Can you see the comments they added about this bookmark or the tags they used to categorize this reference?
Yes. Done.


Blog Prompts:

1. Create a blog post about your experience and thoughts about this tool.
Done.

2. Can you see the potential of this tool for research assistance? Or just as an easy way to create bookmarks that can be accessed from anywhere?
I can. A lot of research begins on the web and then goes on from there. This would be a really easy way to do some work from home and the be able to link back to sites while you are working at school. This Blog Prompt put an "or" between two questions, but I think they are the same. Yes, an easy way to create bookmarks that can assist you with work or play.

3. Do you see any other useful applications of tagging and del.icio.us in your academic and/or professional life?
No, not at this time.