1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,880 It's just too much. 2 00:00:06,880 --> 00:00:09,960 Did you know that there are over 15 billion web pages? 3 00:00:09,960 --> 00:00:13,880 To make sense of it all, we need ways to pluck out the best pages and save them for later. 4 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:14,940 We have choices. 5 00:00:14,940 --> 00:00:17,640 We could bookmark or add to favorites in our web browser. 6 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:19,680 Nah, it quickly becomes messy. 7 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:22,840 Plus, these bookmarks are tied to only one computer. 8 00:00:22,840 --> 00:00:23,840 This is the old way. 9 00:00:23,840 --> 00:00:26,120 There's a new way that doesn't use a browser. 10 00:00:26,120 --> 00:00:27,680 It uses a website. 11 00:00:27,680 --> 00:00:32,040 This is called a social bookmarking site, and the one we'll use today is called Delicious. 12 00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:34,800 It makes bookmarking more useful and fun. 13 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:36,220 We'll focus on three things. 14 00:00:36,220 --> 00:00:40,760 How to get started with bookmarking, how bookmarks are organized by tags, and why this kind of 15 00:00:40,760 --> 00:00:42,760 bookmarking is social. 16 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:46,560 First, go to delicious.com to sign up for a free account. 17 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:50,560 While you're signing up, you'll see an easy way to add a couple of buttons to your browser. 18 00:00:50,560 --> 00:00:51,920 These are important. 19 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:55,280 The tag button is how you'll add new bookmarks to the website. 20 00:00:55,280 --> 00:01:00,240 On any website, you can click tag to save that site as a Delicious bookmark. 21 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:01,240 Easy. 22 00:01:01,240 --> 00:01:02,400 Consider this example. 23 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:06,200 You're a teacher who often uses the web to find math lessons for eighth graders. 24 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:08,080 You're overwhelmed by all the sites. 25 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:10,120 There are just too many to remember. 26 00:01:10,120 --> 00:01:14,000 Using Delicious, remembering sites is as easy as tagging them. 27 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:15,000 Here's one. 28 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:16,000 Oh, nice. 29 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:17,000 Perfect. 30 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:19,840 Here's what happens when you tag a site. 31 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:22,720 A new window opens and asks for more information. 32 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:26,160 You can add keywords or tags that describe the site. 33 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:27,800 These will help you find bookmarks later. 34 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:32,600 You might tag this site Algebra, Best Of, Tutorial, Math, and Homework. 35 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:35,400 Then click save to save it on the Delicious website. 36 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:38,000 When you save a page like this, two things happen. 37 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:41,920 First, the site is saved with all your other bookmarks on delicious.com. 38 00:01:41,920 --> 00:01:45,840 Second, the tags are saved in a list of all your tags. 39 00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:49,000 You just repeat this process for every site you want to save. 40 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:50,560 This is bookmarking. 41 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:55,120 Let's fast forward two months to make our second point, why tags are so important. 42 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:57,560 Let's say you now have 100 bookmarked sites. 43 00:01:57,560 --> 00:01:58,560 Chaos, right? 44 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:03,160 Well, since you added tags, you have a way to sort the bookmarks by the tags you assigned. 45 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:09,280 To find all the sites about Algebra, you click the Algebra tag and voila, 100 becomes 3. 46 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:12,240 All your bookmarks are now more findable thanks to tags. 47 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:13,640 But that's only part of the fun. 48 00:02:13,640 --> 00:02:17,000 Now let's look at the social part of bookmarking to make our third point. 49 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:18,560 Think about your fellow teachers. 50 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:20,600 Couldn't they benefit from seeing your bookmarks? 51 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:22,720 Well, they can. 52 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:24,600 Delicious bookmarks are public. 53 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:28,320 This means that your friends and peers can see your bookmarks and use your tags just 54 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:29,320 like you. 55 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:31,880 That's why this is called social bookmarking. 56 00:02:31,880 --> 00:02:34,280 Your bookmarks can benefit other people. 57 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:35,560 Think about it this way. 58 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:40,040 You start bookmarking Algebra sites and your peers can see the interesting sites you find. 59 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:42,280 Then they start bookmarking too. 60 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:46,720 Within a few weeks, a group of teachers are all bookmarking their favorite math websites 61 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:50,800 and because they're all public, everyone discovers new and relevant materials. 62 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:55,040 Together, you create a network that produces a steady stream of interesting and useful 63 00:02:55,040 --> 00:02:58,880 websites, all organized by tags on the Delicious website. 64 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:03,160 The lesson is that social bookmarking sites take a world of chaos and make it orderly. 65 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:06,080 Remember, there are three steps to get started. 66 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:10,880 First, go to Delicious.com to sign up and add the buttons to your browser. 67 00:03:10,880 --> 00:03:14,320 Second, start bookmarking sites with tags. 68 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:16,240 And third, be social. 69 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:19,600 Notice how useful and fun other people's bookmarks can be. 70 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:23,840 I'm Lela Fever and this has been Social Bookmarking in Plain English on the Common Craft Show.