Social Bookmarking

As much as technology is incorporated into the classroom today, I think it is a wonderful idea to have social bookmarking be part of the curriculum as well. I think that this “new” concept would be good to introduce to the middle grades because they may not be as familiar with researching information on the World Wide Web. If every student sets up their own bookmarking account, not only will they be able to use it at school, but at home as well. That is the good thing about the accounts: no limited access. Another good thing about bookmarking is that it teaches student to be more organized. If a student simply adds a website to their “favorites”, it is just going under a big file with a bunch of other websites. With social bookmarking, the websites can be divided into categories so that they are easier to access. I think that the biggest advantage to having social bookmarking in the classroom is allowing the students to share what websites they have found with one another. This would especially be an advantage if the students were working on a group project and needed to collaborate.