Thing 6: Tagging

I had never head of the tagging website Del.icio.us until today.  The purpose of this site is to save links to sites where you have found relevant or helpful information and to store it in one place.  You can also create a network and allow those users in your network to see those website you have tagged. It is kind of like bookmarking, but with sharing.  I do not personally find this site very useful.  My brain finds ins overwhelming and panics and all the different tags on the side.  But, I do see how this Del.iciou.us can be useful to teachers.  For example, the other Spanish teachers in my department and I really liked this website by Mendy Colbert.  It has a lot of great lesson ideas for Spanish 1 and Spanish II.  However, we always forgot the URL for the website.  If I were to add this to my Del.icio.us site, add the tags, "Spanish 1," "Spanish II," and "lesson plans,"  I could easily return to it later.  I could then create  a network and add my Spanish teaching friends.  They would be able to click on my tags and return to the website.  I do think that Del.iciou.us is useful as tool to save links to which you want to return and I think that teachers would be able to use it in group planning and perhaps even curriculum writing.