Week 8 (Thing 16 & Thing 17)

In the Images week you used tagging as a means to search for photos that related to what you wanted. But what is tagging all about and how can it help you?

Explore these few links to get the overview of tagging...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tag_(metadata)

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/11/magazine/11ideas1-21.html

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.04/view.html?pg=4

16)
Goto www.delicious.com and do a few searches using school related keywords. See what comes up. Is it what you expect? Comment on your blog.

17)

a) create an account at Delicious and tag five websites that could be useful in the classroom.

b) Post to your Blog how you could use Delicious in the classroom. If you feel like it, put a link to your Delicious page.