4.+Bookmarks

Background
===Social bookmarking is a popular and efficient way to share weblinks with colleagues and students. I created an account called, "King Math Department". If we all use the same account, then we will rapidly build a library of important math links. Students don't need a logon because all Delicious accounts are public. You only need a password to add or change the weblinks. It is more efficient for us (as a department) to only have to discover a great website once. It is also more efficient (and a better online skill) to teach students how to find the bookmarks through tags, rather than e-mail them a link (which forces them to store and manage the link too). The real power behind social bookmarking is discovering other users who have revant bookmarks. It is easy to "collect" bookmarks from other users. It is more productive to find users with relevant bookmarks than it is to discover bookmarks one at a time.===

Usage (Finding Bookmarks)
===Creating lists of relevant bookmarks is easy after a little practice. Below are my most recent 10 bookmarks and my most recent 10 bookmarks with an "algebra" tag. Note that these lists are dynamically created and will automatically update with new weblinks. I did __not__ copy and pate a bunch of links manually.===

Our most recent weblinks
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Usage (Adding a Bookmark)
===I created an account on [|Delicious.com] and instructions for accessing it are at the bottom of this webpage. After you install the Firefox add-on (I can help), saving and tagging bookmarks is a simple one-click process (see example below). I saved the bookmark that Dr K e-mailed to us. I copy-and-pasted the website description into the notes section and tageed it as "competition" and "special_event". I recommend that we try and standardize how we tag websites. See the section below where I suggest tags for grade level, type of website and subject. Tags make it easy to find information. It is important to spend a few minutes properly tagging websites and adding notes for yourself and/or students. I have over 5000 weblinks in [|my Delicious account] and I regret not doing a better job tagging them and adding notes.===



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Grade or Course

 * K-3
 * 4-6
 * pre-algebra
 * algebra
 * geometry
 * statistics
 * calculusAB
 * calculusBC
 * pre-calculus
 * ... and so on ...

Type of bookmark

 * activity
 * alternative_assessment
 * drill
 * game
 * instruction
 * lesson_plan
 * outside_activity
 * project
 * test
 * video
 * worksheet
 * ... and so on ...

Topics

 * binomials
 * fractions
 * integers
 * linear_equations
 * linear_inequalities
 * percents
 * polynomials
 * slope
 * ... and so on ...

Step 3 is to sign-in using the username "KingMathDepartment" and the password from my e-mail


===Step 4 is install the icons on your Firefox toolbar. This makes it very easy to save and tag your bookmarks. I will probably have to help with this step. If you are familiar with installing Firefox addon-on, then navigate to this [|webpage] and click on the link "Install Firefox add-on".===