I really want to finish the SLL 2.0 tutorial. I realized when I started it last summer that I would not be able to zip from one thing to another without taking some time to let each new thing percolate in my mind. I’m just old and slow.
I’ve been using del.icio.us for a while now, just for the convenience of keeping bookmarks between computers. I do like that. However, at this point I don’t really care how many other people have chosen the same tags or tagged the same site.
In January my district is upgrading to web-based library software, so I’m just biding my time until I can use the new program to organize stuff for the kids online. Book lists, research tools, and maybe del.icio.us can be part of that. If we can create a list for us, then the students can add to it as well. So that will be cool.
I probably need to work on some hierarchy for organizing the bookmarks, because chronology doesn’t work. I’d rather organize them in terms of their usefulness to me. Just because I found something marginally interesting on Wednesday doesn’t mean I want it above something I use more often.
I like the idea of tagging as being more democratic than, say, Dewey/Sears. But the cloud seems chaotic & not representative of my mind. Will work on this. Stretching mind and all.
