PatSine

I've been a fan of Wordle since I first saw it but it's hard to figure out the best ways to integrate it into the classroom. Not to worry! I just came across this Tweet from @tombarrett

A great early years example added to "Fifteen Interesting Ways* to use Wordle in the Classroom"

Which led me to this GoogleDocs presentation.

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For my first day back, I'm cleaning out all of my notes from 2007! One of the things people have asked is for better instructions for using del.icio.us. I really got the hang of this and used is extensively in 2007. So, my first offering for 2008 is these two guides.

For those who prefer text instructions, How to: Del.icio.us Part 1 from Benibshop.me.uk. There is no part 2, but this is pretty complete for starting.

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I've been preparing for a session on organizing digital media for use in classes.  One of the things I've been struggling with is how to convince teachers that it's worthwhile to tag any of their content.  It's really taken me almost a year to figure out the best way for me to use my del.icio.us account.  The power of that service is all in tagging. I've also used Flickr extensively for a by searching on various tags and organizing slideshows or collections with that tool.

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Here's something that caught my eye today -- Why Do People Contribute to Digg or Wikipedia? This is of particular interest after Time named You as the 2006 Person of the Year. This really affects us on two levels. First, as we use this site for research or information, it's very useful and interesting to know about why people might post to these sites. Continue reading...

I've been reading about the folksonomy and darting over to del.icio.us for more than a year now. I've tried shared bookmark spaces like ikeepbookmarks.com many times in the past, but this is something different. Continue reading...