Thing #17

I can see a current events class or a health class using Del.icio.us or any other bookmarking site to see constant news coverage or up to date insights, what's popular, what's not, or important changes happening at the moment. I don't think I would get to use it as often in an English class, unless teaching a form of writing. I can visualize bookmarking blogs and insights to use as writing prompts, or discussions for further writing topics. Language does change (look at the word text and its uses) but I do not think I will use a bookmark for all segments of my class.

I see using tagging personally for fun reasons, such as favored vacation places and hobby sites that I visit. Other than classroom writing, my uses will be personal. A journalisn teacher or the teachers of desktop publishing and other computer courses would certainly use bookmarks and tagging much more often than I would. It is more important for them to immediately go somewhere on the web for teaching purposes.