A short tutorial on how educators can utilize Social Bookmarking in classrooms. Target: K-12 schools.

1. Educating with
Social Bookmarking
Creating, organizing
and sharing links
to connect
modern learning
in K-12 schools

2. We’ll explore:
• What is Social Bookmarking
• How Educators Can Use
Social Bookmarking
• Examples of Social Bookmarking
Applications in the classroom

3. What is Social Bookmarking?
Social Bookmarking is tagging or marking a
website and saving it for later. Instead of
saving them to your web browser, you are
saving them to the web. And, because your
bookmarks are online, you can easily share
them with friends.
(http://webtrends.about.com/od/glossary/g/tag_def.htm)
Some popular Social Bookmarking sites include:

4. Twitter
You know you’ve tweeted or
re-tweeted an online news article.

5. Pinterest
Post web images of your favorite
things much?

6. Reddit
Mark, post and vote on news articles
and hangout with the President!

7. Delicious
Free bookmarking service loved by
educators

8. Diigo
Collect and organize anything. It’s like
Delicious on steroids, but you have to
pay for the good stuff.

9. How can educators use
Social Bookmarking?
Educators can use bookmarking to store, organize and
share bookmarks of websites. The bookmarks are stored
on a Social Bookmarking site rather than on your local
computer. This tool can be very beneficial in organizing
websites for use with students, or sharing your
bookmarked pages with colleagues. Some uses in the
classroom include but are not limited to:
• List websites for classroom use
• Access bookmark from any computer with an Internet connection
• Share sites with colleagues
• Create a list of homework help sites that students can access from home or school
• Create a list of safe research sites for students
• Organize your bookmarks by topic to be used in specific units of study
(studyhttp://www.edtechnetwork.com/social_bookmarking.html)

10. Examples of Social Bookmarking
Applications in the classroom
It is a free and widely used service. It is also very
powerful. When users “tag” bookmarks with keywords,
Delicious and similar sites, take all of the other
bookmarks that are tagged with the same words and
connects them, as well as the people who posted those
bookmarks. Thus, creating a strong community of like
minded individuals. The following learning experiences
can easily be accomplished using Delicious and other
Social Bookmarking web tools.
Delicious is a great site to get started using Social
Bookmarking.
https://delicious.com

11. A. Create an Online Reading List
Language Arts and Social Science teachers can create an online
reading list. Students can access that list, and then, participate in a
discussion about the information either online or in the classroom.
For example, students may be assigned to read two articles with
opposing views about a historical figure. Then they may have to
compare and contrast the information that was given.
CCCS: 8.1.C, E, F; 8.2.D,E; 6.1, 6.2; Literacy RI.9

12. B. Conduct an Information Scavenger Hunt
Any teacher may use social bookmarking to create an information
scavenger hunt or quest. For example, a consumer and family
science teacher may have students look for and document specific
information about the health benefits of the ginger root from a
compiled list of sites. CCCS: 8.1.C, E, F; 8.2.D,E; 2.1.B

13. C. Analyze and Critique
Art teachers can mark and organize websites according to artist
or style. Then, students can view the listed sites to study the
artwork. For example, 2nd or 3rd grade students may examine
the works of Pablo Picasso on a series of saved bookmarks and
then have to determine if certain works of art are from his blue
period, rose period, or cubism.
CCCS: 8.1.C, E, F; 8.2.D,E; 1.2, 1.4.B

14. Wrap up
The potential for advance growth and learning through
Social Bookmarking is limitless. Educators can utilize
dozens of Bookmarking sites. Some sites focus on images
and pictures, others on news and pop culture. There are
also hundreds of online tools used by these sites that
allow students to post their own bookmarks, respond to
and discuss posted tags, or organize and search
information. The possibilities are endless and only
restricted by the educator’s creativity.

15. Resources
(http://webtrends.about.com/od/glossary/g/tag_def.htm)
(studyhttp://www.edtechnetwork.com/social_bookmarking.html)
https://delicious.com
http://www.state.nj.us/education/cccs/
Richardson, W (2010). Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts and Other Powerful Web Tools for
Classrooms. Corwin, 92-99

16. Slide show created by,
Joseph King
josephcking@mac.com