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Social Bookmarking With del.icio.us. Rob Barth Web 2.0 In The Know. Delicious allows you to…. Discover Remember Save Organize Share From ANY computer. Introductions & Logistics. Welcome Restrooms Breaks Emergency Exits. Social Bookmarking In Plain English. Delicious Agenda.
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Social Bookmarking With del.icio.us Rob Barth Web 2.0 In The Know
Delicious allows you to… • Discover • Remember • Save • Organize • Share • From ANY computer
Introductions & Logistics • Welcome • Restrooms • Breaks • Emergency Exits
Delicious Agenda • Create a Delicious Account • Install buttons on your IE browser • Bookmark a website • Add Tags and Notes • Create a network with your classmates • Subscriptions • Find any media type, i.e. audio, video, image or document
Create Delicious Account • Need a unique user name with at least six characters • Password with at least one letter and one symbol • Full Name • Email Address
Install Delicious Buttons • The New “Join” Tool Allows You To Add the Delicious Buttons As Part of the Create Account Process • You May Also Import Your Favorite Bookmarks Already Identified In Your Browser
Bookmarks • A URL is simply the address of the web page you are bookmarking • Use your browser add-on toolbar button to tag your web page • Example: Bookmark http://web20intheknow.com
Tags • Your bookmarks can either be private or public at this time • Tags are one word descriptors that you can assign to your bookmarks to help you organize and remember them • Think of them as KEYWORDS
Tags Continued • Can rename • Do not form a hierarchy • Flexible • Choose yourself • No spaces allowed, i.e. Kansas City • Bundle tags, i.e. fish, dogs, and cats into “pets”
Tags Continued (2) • “for:” tags allow you to send a bookmark to someone who may or may not be in your network • Quicker than email • Receiver is alerted in their Inbox • Example: for:rwb59b
Special Tags • You may search bookmarks by media type: audio, video, image, and documents • Audio as system:media:audio or system:filetype:mp3 or wav • Video as system:media:video or system:filetype:mpg or mpeg or wmv or mov
Special Tags (2) • Image bookmarks as system:media:image or system:filetype:jpg or jpeg or gif or png • Document bookmarks as system:media:document or system:filetype:doc or pdf
Networks • Your NETWORK connects you to the other delicious users such as coworkers, friends, family, educators, etc. • Share your bookmarks and collect from your favorite users’ latest bookmarks
Networks Continued • To ADD people to your network, select Add a user from the top right of your network page and type their username • Or…visit their bookmark page and select add user to my network • Example, rwb59b (Rob’s username)
Subscriptions • Subscriptions allow you to watch all your favorite tags in one place • “Tag aggregator” • Visit your Subscriptions page and click “Add a subscription” • Can narrow your subscriptions to specific users
Delicious For Education • Educators and librarians are embracing Delicious to help students learn • Visit the Delicious Blog for articles relating to social bookmarking and education • http://blog.delicious.com/blog/2008/03/who-says-librarians-and-teachers-dont-like-tags.html
Wrap-Up • Contact Information For Rob Barth • Website, http://web20intheknow.com • Email, rob@web20intheknow.com • Cellular Phone, 573-718-9974 • Thank you to Shannon and the Poplar Bluff Public Library!