Multi-Faceted Refractions (backup version)

Reflections - Redesign Research with Social Bookmarking Tools

Lucie deLaBruere
Notes - Learning with Lucie

How bookmarking went social?
Used for self to find good stuff later

Then went one to many
Backflip
ProtaPortal

Still individual

Social
furl - too many syntax problems
stumbleupon

using del.icio.us today

Nest question teachers ask - so what? teachers need to work harder, not smarter. Not enough time in the day to do everything. Ways to organize and help (read weinberger's Everything is Miscellaneous)

Need for more collaborative experiences teachers to teachers, teachers with students, students with students, can go to HOTS

Who is Smarter, the individual or the group collective.

Wisdom of Crowds - a read

Redesign assignments for increased critical thinking skills which move away from copy paste mentality in a pick a topic, do a report to prepare a PSA for a topic in order to get sponsorship, etc.

Working the tools
Is quick research valid? Gladwell says yes. Who is better, google search or asking individuals?

Do quick research for free clip art
Google - advertising and 32 million hits
del.ico.us - 1900 hits, but more targeted can find the number of users and trace their search back. This is something that someone has consciously choosen the resource. See how others tag. Comes back to the wisdom of crowds, who to put on your radar, what to put on radar, and who to ignore. (we are back to my previous post about the war for attention, how ironic)

You have to get the tools. Idea - (create class user with same name and password. That way students can tag to a class set of resources, sharing the wealth and getting a wider range of experiences)

Next, a look at examples.

Can add via a link roll.


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