Social Boomarking Lesson

Social bookmarking provides one way for users to get control of the vast amount of information that is available on the web. A social bookmarking site such as http://del.icio.us/ provides a way for students to save all of their links in one location. The saved bookmarks can be tagged to help find the site in the future.

Google is a popular search engine that many students use for research; however Google’s searches mostly to find articles based on popularity. Websites like del.icio.us allow the searching to be done as a group effort.

Google provides search results based on popularity, where as a social bookmarking site may provide links to websites containing higher quality information. Most social bookmarking sites are free and only take a few minutes to join.

Social Bookmarking Lesson plan:
Stress Managment

*The students will be introduced to the concept of social bookmarking and register at http://del.icio.us/. They will be guided through the process of setting up an account.

*Then, the students will choose to watch one of three videos at http://www.unitedstreaming.com :
Stress: Learning to Handle It
Dealing with the Causes
ABCs of Burnout, The

*The students will search the Internet for websites containing information about stress management. Their top five results should be saved in their del.icio.us and share it with fellow classmates.

*The students will then develop a top ten list to effectively manage stress and prepare a handout using Microsoft Publisher 2007.