Thing # 17

  Blogging has shown the importance of social media and how it is applicable to a classroom. Today, I have discovered a tool that will organize the information I find useful;  Social bookmarking.  Social bookmarking is great for students and teachers. Before the invention of social bookmarking, one would have to save the website to their bookmark on their computer or rely on memory to come back to the site.  Social bookmarking saves the information on the web and you can access it from anywhere.  It is also a great place to find and share information.  Tags and diggs allow you to see websites that others found interesting.  A student could use social bookmarking when they are assigned any kind of research.  Teachers could use it to share information with their students or other teachers.  I see the potential use of social bookmarking as way to efficiently use your time on the web.