I feel that if used ethically, social bookmarking has great value in the field of education. Teachers, administrators and students alike may use it for research purposes. They can give and share information on websites that they find useful and may encounter information and aspects on topics that they had never considered.
It would be great for districts to use in their professional development. Too many times, districts can only afford to send one or two people to conferences etc.; but by using social bookmarking. Those that are able to attend can share information by giving bookmark information so that the district has it and can use it for smaller professional development “conferences” at the individual schools. This will save the district money on copies, other materials and open money up for more conferences and development. This could also enhance the relationships between schools in the district; by picking people from different schools to go each time.
When I think of terms such as social bookmarking and reviewed the definitions in Trends & Issues, I realize how my understanding of the field of Instructional Design and Technology has been enhanced. I used to always think of the field as solely instructional and media driven. But now I realize that it is also the development, evaluation, design and management of those technologies and how to use them to promote specific learning. I was pleasantly surprised about this new information and understanding.
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I guess I never thought of social bookmarking as something that could be used unethically. Can you give me some examples?
Assigning people to go to conferences and then bring the information back to the other teachers is a great idea and a great way to stretch limited funds.
I too liked your suggestion on the professional development idea.
Darcy
Sheena,
Using social bookmarking as a cost savings tool? What a good idea. Pairing down the information presented at large conferences so it can be used efficiently at local school district’s faculty development days is a very creative idea. As we probably all know the amount of information presented at a large conference can be overwhelming so allowing different school districts to pick-and-choose desired information from a social bookmarking site would probably make for a lot of happy faculty members.
Jeff Tyler
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