Technorati and Del.icio.us are tools that guide me through the opinions of other people.
Technorati is a site that allows the user to search blogs. A blog is really just someone's opinion and so Technorati helps me find what other people think about a specific subject. This is great for social purposes, but I'm still trying to find the application to academic pursuits. Why would I want my students to search blogs for information when they could search reputable sources?
Del.icio.us is a social bookmarking site that allows me to look up information according to tags that people have "tagged" information with. As I looked up information, I found many interesting items, I'm just not sure that these items are worth precious classroom time.
So, this week I was pretty unimpressed with my ability to use my imagination and see how these sites could be useful in my classroom or a library. I'm hoping that my classmates can help me think of useful ideas.
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