1. An Evaluation/Comparison of 2 Social Bookmarking Sites Alison Topper EDIT 5395 Spring 2011 Assignment 3 February 12, 2011

3. Why would one Utilize a SocialBookmarking Site?

9. Summary of Experience of Use Diigo delicious The site has a downloadable tool bar which allows ease of bookmarking, highlighting, applying interactive sticky notes to websites Site allows organization of websites by content specific, user defined “tags” Searches can be done via “tags” of all websites Users can set up groups with similar interests, receive alerts , share tagged websites, from others in their group or community Site has a very user friendly video tutorial which explains features Has both a “free” and paid version. Educational version available This site also has a downloadable tool bar to allow ease of bookmarking and tagging sites This site does NOT have the functionality of highlighting and interactive sticky notes Favored websites are organized by user defined “tags” Searches can be done via “tags”of all web sites Users can set up and join networks of users with similar interests, sharing tags and websites from others in their groups/networks Easy to use, but no embedded tutorial Software is completely free Owned by Yahoo, rumor has it service will be discontinued

11. A teacher can set up an account, share bookmarks with students via tags, Example: http://www.delicious.com/alisontopper/genetics By tagging, a teacher Can guide students To appropriate websites For projects

13. Is more functional than Delicious.

14. Diigo also allows easy exporting of bookmarks/tags to Delicious

15. I’ve been a long time Delicious user, but am now switching to Diigo.

16. I’ve set up a school Diigo account, as well as a personal one.

17. I will share the school Diigo link with all the teachers at my school.

19. Sources: Frazier, Max. the technology coordinator's handbook. 1st. Washington, DC: International Society for Technology in Education, 2004. Print. http://www.delicious.com http://www.diigo.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_bookmarking