7-SocialBook

Introduction
[|Delicious] is a popular [|social bookmarking] site (of which there are [|dozens]) that allows Internet users to store all of their saved websites (a.k.a. "favorites" or "bookmarks") online, so that they are accessible from any Internet-enabled computer. Users can organize their sites using **tags** (user-defined keywords), and descriptions. The "social" aspect comes from the fact that users' bookmarks and tags are **publicly browsable and searchable**. Users can also subscribe to others' bookmark collections or to specific tags to create a personal resource network. Delicious **tags** are an example of a **folksonomy**, or user-created organizational structure.

Here's **Social Bookmarking in Plain English** (3:24), from our best friends at CommonCraft:
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**A Few Delicious Features**
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 * 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 links to yourself, or paste into a document for sharing 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 " when you save it. (Only YOU will see these sites when you are **logged into** delicious).
 * **Let others do the work for you!**
 * Add **users** to your **Network** (click "Add to my Network") to automatically track all their sites (displayed on a separate page from your own). You can also share/recommend a site to any user who is in your Network (such as a colleague!)
 * **Subscribe** to a specific tag (go to Tags > My Subscriptions > Add a Subscription) to receive all users' sites saved with that tag (or even narrow your subscription to a **specific user and tag**).
 * Display your own and others' bookmarks as a **list** or in a **cloud**, sorted by tag **name** or **count** (frequency of use). The larger a tag appears in the cloud, the more times that tag has been used.
 * **Easily share and collect bookmarks with others!**
 * **Share** **all your bookmarks** with students or colleagues by giving them a **single URL** for your delicious **username**
 * Share sites for a specific tag (i.e topic) by providing the link for **that tag only**, (e.g. http:delicious.com/lottascales/digital_storytelling -- where the user is lotta_scales and the tag is digital_storytelling).
 * Subscribe to the **RSS feed** of a specific **user**, **tag** or **user/tag combination** in your **RSS reader**, or display the feed results on a blog, wiki or other webpage to share with students or colleagues.

**Five ways of "looking at bookmarks" in delicious:**
(If you take a moment to look at the **structure** of each link, it's easy to see how delicious is organized). **A Few "High Profile" Ed Tech Delicious Users** (Not a Representative Sample)
 * **by User:** [] (all sites saved by **user** 'lottascales')
 * **by Tag:** [] (all sites tagged 'web2.0' by **all users**)
 * **by Tag Intersection:** [] (a "Tag Intersection" combines **two or more tags** to refine/narrow a search. This link displays all sites tagged with **both** 'web2.0' and 'podcast' by **all users**).
 * **by User/Tag combination:** [] (all of 'lottascales' sites tagged 'web2.0')
 * **by User/Tag Intersection:** [] of 'lottascales' sites tagged with **both** 'web2.0' and 'podcast')
 * Will Richardson - []
 * David Warlick - []
 * Vicki Davis (coolcatteacher) - []
 * Alan Levine - []
 * David Jakes - []
 * Wesley Fryer - []
 * Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach - []