Thing #17 Yummy bookmarks with Del.icio.us

     Del.icio.us is like taking a social network site and your bookmarks had a baby. With Del.icio.us, you can simply save your bookmarks on your free account and tag them for others who have similar interest to see. If you ever want to find sites that share your interests, you can search the site by typing in simple key words or phrases. Once you find something you like, you can add it to your bookmarks. Digg is similar but has a rating system to let others know if users like it or not. StumbleUpon is the wildcard of the group. You enter your interest and then you are taking to random pages that might meet your interest. The key word is "might" considering you may stumble upon something that has no relation to your interest. I can see only a small use for sites like this while teaching. I would use it to collect sites that would help gather information for class, but I do not think I would share it with class.