Use of Delicious 2

Investigate the benefits of using Delicious for teaching and research.

Estimated time allocated 15 hours

Mark allocation 40 marks

Dates Formative - xxxxxxxxxx Summative - xxxxxxxx

Rationale Not given here as this is the focus of this module

Objectives Show the value of Delicious for a teacher and a CAT teacher in particular Use Delicious as a means of keeping bookmarks online Use Delicious for social bookmarking Not given here as this is the focus of this module

Learning support material Videos on how to join and use - http://etc.usf.edu/te_mac/movies/delicious.html How to use to foster collaboration - http://www.anecdote.com.au/archives/2006/11/how_to_use_deli.html Why use and how to use, list to podcast and watch video - http://docpam.blogspot.com/2007/07/delicious-social-networking.html Comments about - http://newoldlibrarian.blogspot.com/2007/07/delicious_13.html

Activities Need to … join Delicious go to www.delicious.com and then search for docpam and view my Delicious. Note the Notes on each URL See how many people have tagged that URL Go into and note the links of someone who has made a link to one of my links collect and post URLs on topics that interest you in teaching CAT or doing research. collect and post URLs of lesson plans for K-12 classes which teach or use the Mode, Mean, Median and Standard Deviation formulas in a spreadsheet collect and post URLs of lesson plans for K-12 classes which teach or use Normalisation in a database write at least 1 line in Notes describing the content / usefulness of the URLs. clearly define the Tags explore and join different people’s network investigate the validity and reliability of the URLs found on Delicious for teaching and research join the network of docpam post your Delicious URL to the discussion board gain experience using Delicious with your learners in a teaching situation. Write a report for a journal of 5–10 pages in which you …describe the goal of Delicious, i.e. what is Deliciousdescribe the benefits of Delicious for teaching and research based on the literaturedescribe the benefits of using Delicious in a CAT classroomdiscuss the validity and reliability of the URLs found on Delicious for teaching and researchdraw your report to a clear conclusion use APA or Harvard referencing format and set out correctly upload your report to WebCT.