Monday, May 23, 2011
Thing 13
Social bookmarking and tagging are nothing at all like what I expected. The only previous references I've heard regarding tagging were the children's game and facebook photos. Now I can see that there is a valid and very useful educational purpose to it. I have spent hours searching web sites for materials that would be useful in my teaching - occasionally stumbling upon something worthwhile enough to keep up the search. Understanding tagging, and using it as part of a music education community will not only save me time, but will also open up enormous potential for finding new materials and techniques. The biggest disadvantages that I see are in making sure that I use the appropriate tag words to and the fact that it's public.
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Identifying and consistently using tags that are meaningful to you is a skill that will improve as you do it more. As far as the bookmarks being public, there is an option when you save your bookmark to make it private. I usually save my work-related bookmarks publicly, and my personal ones privately. You can always go back and change the restriction at any time.
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