T and L Week 4: Media Sharing

Media sharing... uh... It's kind of funny to have a big ol' technical term for something that almost everyone accesses daily--video game systems, cell-phones, computers, PDA's and websites such as YouTube, Facebook, ning, and others.

Does media sharing have a place in the classroom? I don't know. I'm hoping this class will help me to begin to answer this question. Or at least point me in some direction. I think that the use of media sharing may also depend on the structure and personality of the class on a whole. I'm stuck on my opinion on this. Reading other's thoughts and blogs have only raised more questions. I know this is a short post but I am conflicted...

P.S. I had drafted this last week and when I checked my blog today, I realized that it was saved as a draft not as a final post, so here it is.... My apologies.

T and L Week 4: Social Bookmarking

My thoughts on social bookmarking are duo-fold.

1. Personally, I really like the idea of social bookmarking. I had never used this tech before. Yes, I had heard of it, but never used it. I can completely see the use of using it for my own personal uses. I also really like the fact that I don' t have to always the same computer to pull up a bookmarks. Or keeping the websites listed in a journal that I tote around with me everyday, everywhere. Also, sharing and connecting with groups is a cool feature. No more randomly Goggling for websites. Instead I can find some less popular resources that might think outside of the box...
   
2. I'm not sure I would use this in a class except maybe to have students chronicle their web search process that is involved in an I-Search paper. That might work... In an upper-level English course. Otherwise, perhaps my information and/or thinking is 'stuck in the box' but I'd like to see/read/hear some innovative ideas for utilizing this in a classroom setting.