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Learn About Social Bookmarking and Set Up Your Delicious Account toc //**Social bookmarking** is a method for// [|//Internet//] //users to store, organize, search, and manage// [|//bookmarks//] //of web pages on the// [|//Internet//] //with the help of// [|//metadata//]//.// ~from [|Wikipedia]

Discovery Exercise
Watch the video **//Social Bookmarking in Plain English//**

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 * A Few Delicious Features **


 * Import all your existing bookmarks (a.k.a favorites) from your browser with a few clicks.
 * Access (and add to) your bookmarks from any computer! Never lose another link, email a link to yourself, or paste it into document for later access
 * Discover great resources saved by millions of delicious users with a **keyword search**, or by browsing specific **tags** or individual **user** collections. Try searching Delicious as an alternative to Google when looking for resources for a particular topic.
 * **Mark any bookmark as** **private** by selecting " do not share ." (Only YOU will see these sites when you are **logged into** delicious).
 * Let others do the work for you! Add users to your **network** to automatically track all their sites (displayed on a separate page from your own), or **subscribe** to a specific tag to see all users' sites saved with that tag (or just a particular user and tag).

Task
 Set up your own delicious account Step 1:** Go to [|Delicious] and click "Get Started" or "register"
 * Basic Steps:
 * Step 2:** Fill in the form. Pay attention to the password rules. Use your Gmail account.
 * Step 3:** Install the Delicious Extension Buttons (For Firefox or IE), or the Bookmarklets (any browser)
 * Step 4:** Check your email to activate your account (NOTE: You do not need the bookmarklets if you have already added the buttons)

Visit the delicious bookmarks of one of the following. Find 2 sites that you would like to go back and explore in more depth. Save those to your delicious by clicking on **//Save This//**.


 * A Few "High Profile" Ed Tech Delicious Users** (Not a Representative Sample)

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 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Will Richardson - http://del.icio.us/willrich
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">David Warlick - http://del.icio.us/dwarlick
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Vicki Davis (coolcatteacher) - http://del.icio.us/brightideasguru
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Alan Levine - http://del.icio.us/cogdog
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">David Jakes - http://del.icio.us/djakes
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wesley Fryer - http://del.icio.us/wfryer
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach - http://del.icio.us/snbeach50