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Sometimes, I just want to see what other people have bookmarked. With delicious, there is an easy way to find the most recent and/or popular bookmarks on a topic quickly. Here’s how… In a web browser, enter the URL for the delicious web site: http://delicious.com To find the most recently added bookmarks for a topic, just append the address to include /tag and then the topic you want, such as /algebra The full URL should [...]

I have been using Diigo for my social bookmarking site for over a year now and am still discovering great features. I was scanning some of my bookmarks when I saw the link to “My Lists“. My Lists allows me to create a specific collection of bookmarks on a particular topic. After I have added some of my bookmarks to My List, I can drag and drop bookmarks to arrange the order of the list. [...]

In February of 2008, I attended PETE&C (Pennsylvania Educational Technology Expo and Conference) in Hershey, PA. One of the sessions that caught my attention was presented by Dr. Chris Penny. I had attended a few of his sessions in previous years and was sure that this one would be just as valuable as the previous ones. I was not disappointed. It was here that I was introduced to Flock, a new social web browser. According [...]

You are doing a lot of good work saving important web resources to your del.icio.us account for students to access and use for classroom instruction. Wouldn’t it be nice if they could check your account for new links without having to visit your web page every time? Well, we can. There are two ways that we can accomplish this task. One way is to create a link on a web page that students can click [...]