Jota Pe

8:00-8:30 Morning Conversations

• Responding to "Growing up online"

8:30-9 Reading Jigsaw (John)

9:00-11:00 Mini Lesson- Social Bookmarking with Del.icio.us (Scott "Chickenhawk" Ritchie)

In this session, we will explore the possibilities offered by social bookmarking sites such as Del.icio.us and StumbleUpon.

Key Questions

• What is social bookmarking?
• How is social bookmarking different than using my Firefox Bookmarks or Internet Explorer Favorites?
• What are tags? How do tags help organize bookmarks? How should I organize my tags?
• How have teachers used social bookmarking tools in their classrooms?

http://edtechpower.blogspot.com/2008/02/networking-with-delicious.html

Features of Social Bookmarking

1. Portable bookmarks
2. Tagged index of the web: searchable, writeable, shareable (read, write, share web)
3. Both a toolbox and tools

Tasks

• Create a del.icio.us account
• Add a del.icio.us button to your browser
• Use del.icio.us as a search engine
  
• Create a few bookmarks with tags - shared or not shared
• Bundle your tags
• Add each other as friends in order to share bookmarks this week
• Explore the del.icio.us website
• Check out other social bookmarking sites if time
  

Resources

General Use Of Del.icio.us
http://del.icio.us
http://del.icio.us/help/
http://www.willard.k12.mo.us/co/tech/Document/delicious.pdf
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1pOsYjCvE8
http://websearch.about.com/od/dailywebsearchtips/qt/dnt0412.htm

Educational Use of Del.icio.us
http://k12online.wm.edu/delicious/delicious.html
http://www.teachinghacks.com/wiki/index.php?title=Social_bookmarking_tools
http://www.wtvi.com/teks/07_08_articles/socialbookmarking101.html
http://www.scribd.com/doc/212002/Using-delicious-In-Education
http://langwitches.org/blog/2006/07/28/delicious-uses-for-teachers-and-the-classroom/
http://jenverschoor.wordpress.com/2008/03/09/using-delicious-in-my-classroom/

Other Social Bookmarking Sites
http://www.stumbleupon.com/
http://www.furl.net/
http://www.diigo.com/


11:00-11:30 "YOUR PLAN" Conferences

• Chance to describe and recieve feedback on your initial thoughts for your

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BREAK for LUNCH and INDEPENDENT WORK TIME, 11:30-1:30
OPTION 2 12:00-1:15 Brown Bag Discussion @ Student Learning Center Room 153
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1:30-2:00 Demo #2: Photo sharing -- Flickr, Picasa and other photo sharing sites with John "My wife's a lawyer" Bishop

http://www.flickr.com/
http://picasa.google.com/

2:00pm - 3:00 Exploration time--choose a photo sharing site (or both) to explore


3:00-3:30 Sharing/debriefing with John
What site did you choose?
What's your assessment of the site/tool? Did you notice any differences?
Can you envision it in teaching/learning settings? How?

3:30-4:00 Readings Preview JP

Discussion [4pm - 4:30] (Bob)

Reflections [4:30 - 5pm] Paige