Richardson - Chapter 6 (aka...homework for myself)

I think that del.icio.us and Furl are next on my learning threshold. I understand the concept, but I am a visual learner and need to see these links and tags in action. From what the chapter discusses with students being able to add tags to their own links, this sounds like it's good stuff that goes hand in hand with the RSS feeds that I hope to pilot this year. I like the idea of being able to give my students very specific tags to use while they are in the research phase so that I can track what links they make.

The big research project for my class is in February and March, usually. I think this is good timing because if I am going to set the students up with their own blogs, rss feeds, and del.icio.us accounts, they are going to need some "professional development" in learning to use the tools before being expert enough to be off and running.

Then again, I may just be talking about me. They will probably catch on to these tools very quickly because web2.0 is part of their growing up culture whereas this is all brand new to me.