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| Web utilities such as del.icio.us, connetea, and sitesUlike offer powerful advantages over the default bookmarking capabilities of browsers because the web utilities are computer independent and allow websites to be tagged and organized according to keywords defined by the user. Tags and tagged sites may also be shared among users in a social network thus creating an expanded database of filtered and evaluated content resources. Incorporating del.icio.us into a course provides a variety of enrichment opportunities. Students can be taught valuable skills of assessing websites for bias and reliability, and the tagged sites expand students' exposure to current issues, which enhances classroom discussion. Details of del.icio.us projects in a non-science majors class and in an advanced chemistry class will be discussed |
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Using Social Networking Tools to Teach Chemistry
8:30 AM-11:55 AM, Monday, April 7, 2008 Hilton New Orleans Riverside -- Oak Alley, Oral
Division of Chemical Education |