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Teaching in the Could: Social Bookmarks, Tagging, and Social Search:

Teaching in the Could: Social Bookmarks, Tagging, and Social Search: . J.N. Adsit, Ph.d . University at Buffalo Teaching & Learning center. Overview. Some crucial features of today’s Web-based tools – a.k.a., the ‘personal’ Web Social Bookmarking & Tagging Tools

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Teaching in the Could: Social Bookmarks, Tagging, and Social Search:

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  1. Teaching in the Could: Social Bookmarks, Tagging, and Social Search: J.N. Adsit, Ph.d. University at Buffalo Teaching & Learning center

  2. Overview • Some crucial features of today’s Web-based tools – a.k.a., the ‘personal’ Web • Social Bookmarking & Tagging Tools • Portals and Feed-based Tools • Social Search Tools • Web-based Storage and Collaboration Sites (The ‘Cloud’)

  3. The Personal Web: Four Big Points • Big Point #1: We now have the tools to be producers of information – and not simply consumers of information • Big Point #2: We now have tools that help bring the Web to us – as opposed to always having to do the ‘hunting and gathering’ ourselves

  4. The Personal Web: Four Big Points • Big Point #3: We now have tools that help us organize Web content in our own language and on our own terms • Big Point #4: We now have tools that help us to share content (with colleagues, friends, students, etc.)

  5. Social Bookmarks & Tagging

  6. Social Bookmarks & Tagging Sites • Social bookmarking sites allow you to identify, store, organize, and share Web-based content • Web sites – or portions/pages of a Web site, Web-based files, online videos, etc. • Social bookmarking sites allow you to organize Web-based content using your own terms and categories • Tagging • ‘Folksonomy’ • Annotation and Commentary

  7. Social Bookmarks & Tagging • Social bookmarking sites allow you to share Web-based content • Public and Private Sharing • Social bookmarking sites allow you to see what other people are saving and sharing from the Web • ‘Trending topics’ • Networks of ‘like-minded people’ (researchers, etc.)

  8. Social Bookmarks & Tagging • One example: De.licio.us • http://www.commoncraft.com/bookmarking-plain-english • Other tools: digg, reddit, stumbleupon, diigo, kaboodle, etc. • Tips for finding sharing sites…

  9. Portals: Another way to ‘personalize’ the Web

  10. Portals: The Basics • Portals (and Dashboards) • Allow you to develop a ‘personalized’ view of the Web – providing you with access to your favorite sites, people, news, etc. • A ‘one-stop-shopping’ model • ‘Widgets,’ RSS feeds, and direct links to content

  11. Some Common Portal Platforms • Pageflakes • iGoogle • Netvibes • MyYahoo! • Microsoft Live

  12. A Tour of the Features • A closer look at one platform: Netvibes

  13. ‘Social’ Search

  14. Search Platforms • Standard Search Engines (Google, Bing, etc.) • Algorithm-based • Semantic-Web • Tracks your searches based on ‘keywords,’ etc. • Social Search Engines (Twine, Scour, Sproose, Mahalo) • User-centric/people-centric search (or some combination of user searches and algorithms) • More sophisticated (and social) tracking

  15. Let’s take a gander, shall we? • Twine • Sproose

  16. Collaboration & Sharing Tools • Collaboration: Strangely enough, it is a big challenge for higher education • Security, stability, regulations, etc.

  17. Collaboration & Sharing Tools • Some new tools for fostering collaboration and file sharing: • Drop.io* • Google Groups* • Box.net • YouSendIt

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