Social Bookmarking

Social bookmarking is totally new to me! I bookmark sites often, but only on my own computer, not through a browser. I usually only bookmark sites that I visit repeatedly - nothing interesting, mostly bill-related like AT&T and Citibank! So I did a bit of research first to see what this could be used for...

According to About.com:
"Even if you don't bookmark a lot of websites, you can still benefit from a social bookmarking website. The most valuable piece of information we have on any product -- be it a book, a movie, a computer, a car, or something else entirely -- is what other people have to say about it."

This is interesting, but it makes me think about the other question posted in our syllabus - "can we add to the message without increasing the noise?" I looked around delicious but really didn't even know where to start looking for a site that I would find useful and/or relevant. But I do find it interesting and I can see where this would be particularly useful with a specific project/job in mind. Many of the articles I read referenced social bookmarking's usefulness to teachers - sharing sites that can provide good lesson plans, etc. I can see how it could be useful as a student in working on group projects - to be able to share sites with research information.

Anyway, I've added my delicious site as an RSS feed on my blog. I tried to look for others in the class to share my bookmarks with but it's impossible without knowing user names.. So come find me, user name = shann7998, I've only bookmarked the articles I mentioned above regarding social bookmarking!