The second blog post required for this week is a review of
Del.icio.us or delicious.com. It is a social
media site for sharing bookmarks online.
I do not know if it is something I will use, but I’m considering
it. I might be able to help my dad out
by sharing links to different “How To” websites like how to change your
homepage back when it has been high jacked.
Another one he needs is how to remove fake virus detection software that
keeps popping up trying to sell you a way to remove the 100’s of viruses and
malware that you do not really have on your computer.
Delicious.com uses the example of a teacher sharing links
with her students. The links she is
sharing direct her students to valid research resources. I think that is a very clever idea. It would be particularly useful for younger
students who do not understand that a lot sites they think are creditable, like
Wikipedia, can be full of personal opinions and incorrect information. It would also save the student time searching
the Internet for creditable sources when the teacher already has a list of them
ready on her delicious.com site.
All it contains right now is links to Web 2.0 information I
found interesting or useful. If you have
never tried out delicious.com, give it a whirl.
There are a lot of users with varied interest so you can find links to
just about anything.
I can only think of benefits to using delicious.com. The only drawback I could see is the standard
privacy issues, but with this site you would have to go out of your way to
reveal too much private information. I
am interested to see if any of my classmates came up with drawbacks.
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