What is social bookmarking?
As the DD text states “the internet is too big for us to final all the best sites and resources to use. Enter social bookmarking, where you use the search power of all of your friends to find and save (bookmark) all the best websites.” The keys to social bookmarking are tagging and sharing. “Tagging” refers to giving items a category, or a label, so that they can be cross-referenced and searchable. The sharing part is, of course, what makes this activity the most interesting and most beneficial.
The following sites are among the most popular for social bookmarking:
I would encourage you to try all of them to see which one(s) you like the most, because, in the end, making use of this idea is all about ritual and repetition. If you don't start bookmarking, you won't have much to share and add to the conversation.
What is image bookmarking?
Image bookmarking is a type of social bookmarking that is just as it sounds – specific to images. Many sites allow users to collect and tag images they find interesting or useful in the same way that social bookmarking sites allow users to tag links.
The following sites are among the most popular for image bookmarking:
Are there any search engines that use social bookmarking?
Trailmeme, pearltrees, and diigo are all search portals which utilize the concept of social bookmarking. Find out more about them by watching their introductory videos below.
trailmeme
pearltrees
getting started with pearltree
diigo
Diigo V5: Collect and Highlight, Then Remember! from diigobuzz on Vimeo.
why diigo rocks
diigo in the classroom
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