Mmm Mmm Delicious!

For the Web 2.0 assignment, my partner and I researched Delicious, a social bookmarking site. 


What went well!

• Delicious was easy to sign up for and did not take much time to create an account.
• Once I figured out the function of Delicious, I really liked the concept and found it useful.
• Creating a "stack" was very user friendly with the button they provide for your toolbar.  
• I actually found some stacks that I want to "follow" and we even gained a follower on our artifact as well!

And not so well.

• Initially figuring out the purpose of Delicious was difficult, but once we did it was easy to get used to.
• Finding a video explaining the step by step of Delicious was difficult, and they did not provided and the website does not provide an overview or step by step instructions beyond the registration process and adding the button to your toolbar.

Things I would do differently next time

• I would have gone right to the "In Plain English" series to see if they had a video to help us grasp the concept of the tool.
• I would have looked through more examples of stacks and user advice before trying to create my own.

Potential ways to use Delicious in my classroom.

• Saving informational websites that will be useful for future lessons that I stumble upon before that unit comes around.
• Filtering websites for my students to use for research and projects by organizing credible websites into stacks.  This will be especially useful with students who have not mastered good research skills.
• Assigning groups of students to various topics in a unit and having them create a stack to share with the class. 
• Looking at stacks that other teachers have created about topics I am teaching to get ideas, websites to use, articles to read, etc.

Overall, the experience was a good one and I enjoyed learning about Delicious.  I am excited for everyones presentations to build my knowledge of Web 2.0 tools!