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| Social bookmarking is a convenient way to collect and organize Web content of interest. Using a social bookmarking service, a user creates a list of online bookmarks and applies descriptors called “tags” to organize and characterize the content. The bookmarks are online and can be accessed from any computer and viewed by any user of the service. This has great potential for use in distance education; instructors can easily create lists of useful links to articles and Web sites for their students, and students can make annotated online bibliographies that can be shared with peers and instructors. The University of Pennsylvania Library has created a social bookmarking tool, PennTags, for use in an academic environment. Similar to popular social bookmarking tools (de.licio.us, citeulike, connotea, etc.), it is specifically designed to work with the University's library and information resources. Users can easily link to and “tag” electronic databases, e-journal articles, and materials from the library catalog. The information tagged can be either used as bookmarks or easily incorporated into a Web site. |
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Using Social Networking Tools to Teach Chemistry
8:30 AM-11:55 AM, Sunday, March 25, 2007 McCormick Place North -- Room N230B, Level 2, Oral
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