I’m back for day 2 of TCEA. Our first session this morning is about del.icio.us.

Presenters: Patty Engel, Rockwall ISD

Those of you who explored del.icio.us while doing the 23 things already know a lot about it. For those who don’t, del.icio.us is a social bookmarking site. It allows you to save your bookmarks online, give them tags (or subject heading, for you librarians out there), and share them with others. What makes it “social” is that you can share your bookmarks with other del.icio.us users. Since your bookmarks are online, you can access them from any computer with Internet access.

The tags assigned make del.icio.us really powerful. They allow you to find your bookmarks by searching instead of scrolling through long lists of sites that you have saved in your favorites.

Another great feature is the ability to create a network of other del,icio.us users so that you can access their bookmarks and see what they have saved.

If you haven’t set up a del.icio.us account yet or want to know more, see the del.ici.o.us help. They have really easy to follow instructions for setting up your browser and how to save your bookmarks, as well as how to use additional features.

The presenters recommend also creating a “teacher” account and letting students add and tag sites to this account for projects. This way that they end up with a group generated list of sites that are relevant for that particular project.