Thing+Fourteen


 * Thing Fourteen**

Delicious is a popular social bookmarking site (of which there are dozens ) that allows Internet users to store all of their saved websites (a.k.a. "favorites" or "bookmarks") online, so that they are accessible from any Internet-enabled computer. Users can organize their sites using **tags**(user-defined keywords), and descriptions. The "social" aspect comes from the fact that users' bookmarks and tags are **publicly browsable and searchable**. Users can also subscribe to others' bookmark collections or to specific tags to create a personal resource network. Delicious **tags**are an example of a **folksonomy**, or user-created organizational structure (as you may recall we learned a bit about tagging and folksonomies inThing 11, Flickr).
 * ** Introduction **

Here's **Social Bookmarking in Plain English**, from our best friends at CommonCraft: (**NOTE:** **August, 2008** - Delicious recently had a major facelift, so it looks a bit different now, but the concepts are the same.) media type="youtube" key="HeBmvDpVbWc" height="390" width="480" **A Few Delicious Features**
 *  Import all your existing bookmarks (a.k.a favorites) from your browser with a few clicks.


 *  Access (and add to) your bookmarks from any computer! Never lose another link, email a link to yourself, or paste it into document for later access (Here, for example, is how Flickr photos for "Thing 11" was saved -- Delicious was used to save and tag each photo as "VHC" as they were discovered. Sure makes //citing// sources a lot easier.).


 *  Discover great resources saved by millions of delicious users with a **keyword search**, or by browsing specific **tags** or individual **user**collections. Try searching Delicious as an alternative to Google when looking for resources for a particular topic.


 *  **Mark any bookmark as** **private** by selecting " do not share ." (Only YOU will see these sites when you are **logged into** delicious).


 *  Let others do the work for you!
 *  Add users to your **Network** (Click "Add to my Network") to automatically track all their sites (displayed on a separate page from your own). You can also share/recommend a site to any user who is in your Network, such as, a colleague.


 *  **Subscribe** to a specific tag (go to **Tags**, **My Subscriptions**, **Add a Subscription**) to receive all users' sites saved with that tag (or even narrow your subscription to a **specific user and tag**).


 *  Display your own and others' bookmarks as a **list** or in a **cloud**, sorted by tag **name** or **count** (frequency of use). The larger a tag appears in the cloud, the more times that tag has been used.


 *  **Easily share and collect bookmarks with others!**
 *  **Share** **all your bookmarks** with students or colleagues by giving them a **single URL** for your delicious **username** (e.g. @http://delicious.com/jerrie.cheek ).


 *  Share sites for a specific tag (i.e topic) by providing the link for **that tag only**, (e.g. http:delicious.com /lottascales/digital_storytelling -- where the user is lotta_scales and the tag is digital_storytelling).


 *  Subscribe to the **RSS feed** of a specific **user**, **tag** or **user/tag combination** in your **RSS reader**, or display the feed results on a blog, wiki or other webpage to share with students or colleagues. Imagine how you could leverage this capability for student research, sharing sites with colleagues, or for the school library!


 *  Create a special **"shared" tag"** to collect resources **along with others** for a particular purpose or topic.

** Five ways of "looking at bookmarks" in Delicious :** (If you take a moment to look at the structure of each link, it's easy to see how Delicious is organized.)
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Lucida,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; padding-bottom: 2px;"> **By User:** @http://del.icio.us/lottascales (all sites saved by **user** "lottascales")


 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Lucida,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; padding-bottom: 2px;"> **By Tag:** @http://del.icio.us/tag/web2.0 (all sites tagged 'Web2.0' by all **users**)


 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Lucida,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; padding-bottom: 2px;"> **By Tag Intersection**: @http://del.icio.us/tag/web2.0+podcast (a "Tag Intersection" combines two or more tags to refine/narrow a search. This link displays all sites tagged with both 'web2.0' and 'podcast' by **all users**.)


 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Lucida,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; padding-bottom: 2px;"> **By User/Tag Combination:** @http://del.icio.us/lottascales/web2.0 (all of 'lottascales' sites tagged 'web2.0')


 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Lucida,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; padding-bottom: 2px;"> **By User/Tag Intersection:** @http://del.icio.us/lottascales/web2.0+podcast (all of 'lottascales' sites tagged with **both** 'web2.0' and 'podcast'.)

** A Few "High Profile" Ed Tech Delicious Users ** (Not a Representative Sample)


 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Lucida,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; padding-bottom: 2px;"> Will Richardson - @http://del.icio.us/willrich


 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Lucida,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; padding-bottom: 2px;"> David Warlick - @http://del.icio.us/dwarlick


 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Lucida,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; padding-bottom: 2px;"> Vicki Davis (coolcatteacher) - @http://del.icio.us/brightideasguru


 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Lucida,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; padding-bottom: 2px;"> Alan Levine - @http://del.icio.us/cogdog


 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Lucida,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; padding-bottom: 2px;"> David Jakes - @http://del.icio.us/djakes


 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Lucida,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; padding-bottom: 2px;"> Wesley Fryer - @http://del.icio.us/wfryer


 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Lucida,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; padding-bottom: 2px;"> Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach - @http://del.icio.us/snbeach50

**Discovery Exercise**


 * PART 1: Explore Delicious **
 * 1) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Lucida,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; padding-bottom: 2px;"> Go to Delicious.


 * 1) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Lucida,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; padding-bottom: 2px;"> **Search** for something that interests you. (You can do this more than once). Enter **one or more** **keywords** in the **search box** at the top of the page.


 * 1) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Lucida,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; padding-bottom: 2px;"> **Review the results** and **begin browsing**. ** Things to notice: ** **additional tags** used for each site, number of **other people** who have tagged the site (numbers in blue boxes), **usernames** of those who have tagged the sites (click any username to see all sites saved by that user).


 * 1) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Lucida,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; padding-bottom: 2px;"> **Explore the result s ** of your search by following some of the "delicious" information -- click a **related tag**, a **username**, a blue "**saved by X other people**" box. **HINT:** To actually visit a "discovered" site, try **right-clicking** the link and selecting "open in new tab" or "open in new window". That way, you won't lose your delicious results.


 * 1) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Lucida,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; padding-bottom: 2px;"> When viewing a particular **user's** saved sites, explore the **tag list, top 10 tages, and tag bundles** on the right side of the page. Use**related tags** to narrow your search results. Use **Tag Options** to switch between **cloud** and **list** views and **alpha** and **count** order.


 * 1) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Lucida,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; padding-bottom: 2px;"> Basically, search and browse around, and see what you can figure out about **how delicious works and how it may be helpful to you**.

** PART 2: Get Delicious ** Sign up for a Delicious account. ** Learning Tasks **
 * Task: Log into your delicious account and practice adding and tagging 7-10 sites.** Give some thought to your choices of tags -- think about all the different ways you would categorize the site -- remember that each tag is a SINGLE KEYWORD and you must leave a space between each tag. Don't be afraid to use several tags, they don't cost anything. Also give some thought to the **Descriptions/****Notes** (site descriptions). Click the "**Delicious**" button (checkerboard) on your browser toolbar to go to your account and check out the results of your tagging spree.
 * ‡ HELP Video: ** <span class="wiki_link_ext" style="font-weight: 400;"> [|Adding & Tagging Sites in Delicious] (3 Ways)


 * ‡ HELP Instructions: ** **Steps for Tagging a Site in Delicious** (for video haters and impatient folks):

Go to [|Delicious] and **log into your account**.
 * 1) <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Lucida,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; padding-bottom: 2px; text-align: left;"> Go to a **web site of interest** (either perform a search, or select a familiar site).


 * 1) <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Lucida,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; padding-bottom: 2px; text-align: left;"> While viewing the site, click the **TAG button** on your browser toolbar. Fill in the **notes** and **tags** fields, and edit the **title** as desired. (If other users have tagged the site, tag suggestions will be provided and you can just click them. After awhile, your own tags will be suggested as well). Remember to separate each tag with a space . Also keep in mind that (to a point) "over" tagging is better than "under" tagging -- more tags are better than fewer.


 * 1) <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Lucida,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; padding-bottom: 2px; text-align: left;"> Click **Save**. Repeat for several sites.
 * ‡ HELP TIP: ** Try highlighting a bit of text on a page **before** clicking the TAG button. The highlighted text will be added automatically to the description field when you save the bookmark to delicious!

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 * Task:** Write a **blog post** sharing your thoughts about Delicious and what you learned/noticed in your exploration and initial tagging experiences. Include any **ideas you have for using Delicious in your professional practice** (for yourself, with colleagues, and/or with students). Include a link to **your Delicious links** in the post <span class="wiki_link_ext">( [] ).