Social Bookmarking for academics

A rather good post on social bookmarking for academics here (if I do say so myself, ahem).

Week 3, Task 3: Presentation Preparation

This task is intended to help you begin to prepare for your final presentation:

1. Blog about MindMeister, to include some discussion of your presentation task - especially with regard to how you might go about it and which Web 2.0 tools might best help you.
2. Add a picture or a video to your blog to illustrate your blog post or as the subject of your blog post.
3. Work as a team to begin to create a set of shared bookmarks in Del.icio.us to support your presentation task - include me in your sharing!
4. Work as a team to create bulleted list of what makes a good blog (use a self-created Google Document - making sure that I'm invited as a viewer).

Week 3, Task 2: Blogging Del.icio.us

Create a blog post about your experience and thoughts about this tool. Can you see the potential of this tool for research or learning? Or just as an easy way to create bookmarks that can be accessed from anywhere? How might this tool best be used to support your work?

Week 3, Task 1: Get Del.icio.us

Many users find that the real power of Del.icio.us is in the social network aspect, which allows you to see how other users have tagged similar links and also discover other websites that may be of interest to you. You can think of it as nebbing around somebody's filing cabinet, but with this powerful bookmarking tool each user's filing cabinet helps to build an expansive knowledge network. To get started:

1. Go to http://del.icio.us/ to sign up and add the buttons to your browser (Firefox del.icio.us buttons can be found here).
2. Start bookmarking sites with tags.
3. Learn more about del.icio.us by reviewing the about page and a confession from a delicious addict. Both provide a good overview of the tool as well as possible uses.
4. Explore the excellent Del.icio.us help pages.
5. Be social - notice how useful and fun other people's bookmarks can be. Try some of the things here, especially adding people to your network and sharing links...

Information - Group Presentation Task

This assignment is intended to consolidate all of the work you've done so far. It is intended to demonstrate both the new tools and your new skills, and especially the way in which Web 2.0 approaches might be incorporated into your own professional practice.

• You are to give a group presentation on the subject of "Web 2.0 for Collaboration and Learning"
• The presentation will take place during the lesson in the final week of the course.
• You will use the MindMeister mind mapping tool as the basis of your presentation, and will make reference to a significant number of Web 2.0 tools of your choosing.
• You will demonstrate how the new tools you have learnt and skills you have acquired can be used to advantage at any or all levels of the University – it's up to you and your group what you focus on, but it might include, for example: personal and professional development, communication, administration, personal productivity, learning, collaboration, communication...

Week 3: Getting Social with Del.icio.us Bookmarking and Tags

This week, our focus is on a particular Web 2.0 service with the tasty title of 'Del.icio.us', which comes under the overall heading of 'Social Bookmarking'. Find out much more about these things at this gorgeous blog.

The main focus of this week's tasks is to have a look at Del.icio.us, a social bookmarking manager which allows you to bookmark a web page and add tags to categorize your bookmarks. Your Web 2.0 course presentation is also introduced.