Today Scott Hansen took us through the use of "DELICIOUS." It appears to be a brilliant Social Bookmarking Site. This would be great for sharing web sites with colleagues and for having access to my "favourite" sites using any computer that has internet capabilities.
I learnt that you need to have a Yahoo account to access DELICIOUS. Scott also explained the term "Folksonomy" - the tagging language that you use to access your tagged favourite websites.
I really liked how you can follow other people and their tags and how you can share your tags with others. This is an area I would really like to spend time on and become proficient in using.
Module 8 was about RSS - (Really Simple Syndication). I'm sure with practice it will become "really simple" for me to use. My understanding of this module was that it is like subscribing to magazines. You access favourite web sites through Google reader and if the site has a live feed, you can add it to your Google Reader Page and keep up to date with the latest information from that site.
Scott demonstrated other uses. He showed us how he can access recent blogs that people have posted without having to go the long way to access blogs. He explained that it could be a good way to access students homework.
This is another area that I should spend some time on "getting down pat" how to use.
Thanks Scott for being so patient with us. It really helps our learning when we feel comfortable being able to ask "basic" questions.
