Delicious Online Bookmarking

The delicious online bookmarking tool is a great resource to keep track of links, sites, and pages that can aid, not only in education, but in all aspects of online activity.  All web browsers have a feature where you can save bookmarks and websites within the browser itself, but delicious allows you to access your favourite sites from any computer, anywhere. A user can simply access the delicious website online, log into their account, and then they have access to all of their links and favourites. 

            Another great feature of delicious is the ability to follow other users and their links and posts on delicious.    Its links to social networking also enables twitter feeds and google + posts to appear on the pages of those you are following.  There is also a discover tab to explore other links and sites that may be of interest, depending on the tags of your own bookmarks.  I really enjoyed checking out the discover page and exploring some of the different links.

            This site can be very useful for students in the classroom, especially during research projects and assignments.  If the students are following the teacher’s links, the teacher can advise the students to search specific tags to help find links to the sites they might need.  Likewise, the teacher could bundle a group of resources and databases for the students to use for research purposes.  The links to twitter, facebook, and google + can also be useful for sharing information, assignments, and links with students in class.

            You can follow me under @timstevens111.  I’ve created a bundle of resources under the tag “education”.