Module 7

I was first introduced to Delicious at an eLearning inservice earlier in the year. Initially I found this to be a bit daunting. Simply because of the size and vastness of this bookmarking tool. Bookmarks are not something that I normally use; I tend to use search engines and return to familiar sites which I have found to be useful and have used frequently.

Now having been re-introduced to delicious through web 2.0 I feel that bookmarking my resources could prove to be very useful. With delicious not only am I going to learn to bookmark and become a professional bookmarker I can also learn to network with others who look at and view similar sites to myself.

Delicious will provide an opportunity to create bookmarks that can be easily accessed from any computer. This is particularly useful now that school are starting to provide teachers with laptops. By using delicious I can start to keep favourite sites, frequently used sites and useful learning sites in one place without having to worry about losing the address' or bookmark that has been saved onto the laptop if I leave a school that has provided me with a laptop.

Delicious also allows me to TAG my entries. This option is a rather handy tool, especially for someone who is fairly organised. :)

I feel that this resource is very beneficial and now that I have a better grasp of it will most probably use it regularly to organise websites and resources for my classes. I think that I will also suggest to my KLA co-ordinator the possibility of setting up a Science KLA delicious account so that all members of the science department at my school have access to the same websites, resources etc.