Before taking this course, I thought that the most helpful tool I could learn how to use in the classroom would be a podcast, because I would no longer have to make practice CDs for my students to take home and practice along with. I still think that podcasts will be a vital tool, but I am even more excited to learn about the social bookmarking sites. I had never heard of this and it is going to make everything that I do on the internet so much easier and more convenient. One of the tutorials said that a big advantage is if you have more than one computer or log on from work or home, you still have access to the same bookmarks. That is the case with me. I teach at 2 schools, so I not only have a home computer, but TWO work computers and I am always saving bookmarks on one computer and needing them on another.
I also like the fact that I can share them with students and colleagues to increase the amount of bookmarks exponentially. Many times in class I share a great website with my students, and I hand out a slip of paper that has the website on it, which they probably lose or forget to check. This way, I can add bookmarks all the time and they can check them out as I post them. Another great advantage is the tagging feature. This will save me SO much time in my searches!
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