CMS Computers 700

Today we went back and re-discussed the rules of posting comments on this site. They go like this:
1. Your user name is the first letter of your last name and your full first name. (For example, mine would be CCraig.)
2. Your comments are ONLY about whatever the topic is. (And school appropriate, of course.) You may also ask me questions on the blog.
3. You do not pose as anyone else. You are who you say you are.

After discussing this in class today, the comments (and names) have gotten much better. Good job, everybody.

One of the things we're doing today is signing up for accounts on a site called Diigo. It's a social bookmarking site that will allow us to open saved bookmarks from any computer and share links and research with each other.

The first step is to accept an emailed invitation from me to our class group. We have to do that step during class, because you will each enter your email address for me, so the invitation can be sent to you. Each class will have its own private group that nobody else is able to view.

Once we've all finish that step, we'll discuss how we'll use the site, and we'll discuss the concept of social bookmarking, in general.

Take a look at the ticker on the home page. Tell me what you think about it. Are you amazed by some or any of the numbers? Not amazed? Partially amazed? What do you think? What does this tell us about social media?

What about the Web 2.0 video we just watched? Do you think there might be real educational uses for sites like youtube, facebook, and others?

Your first assignment is to have the class expectation sheet read and signed at home and returned. The calendar page has it as an assignment for tomorrow, but we got to it today, but it's still due Friday. You get an extra day.

If you need an extra copy, go to the materials/links page.

Take a look at the RevolverMap on the homepage. We've had our first visitor from a continent that has not seen us yet. See if you can find it. Thanks to my buddy, Shane, who's on an overseas work assignment and visited our site while there.

So, we had some good discussions today in my four classes. The issue is that there is a lot of rumor floating around  that delicious.com (our social bookmarking site of choice) is going to shut down. The people at Yahoo are denying it, but this blog post raises a  good point- read the last paragraph.

The large majority of you liked www.diigo.com the best out of the several social bookmarking sites we looked at today. Personally, I think it appears to do quite a bit of what Delicious does and maybe more.

I'm not saying you must run out and sign up for a Diigo account now, but it does seem possible that something is going on with Delicious. I'd hate to see people lose bookmarks they really want or need.

At our teacher inservice this Friday, I am going to talk to all the teachers about social bookmarking. It looks like, I may be using Diigo as the example instead of Delicious. If that is the case, teachers who decide to use social bookmarking may decide