Delicious is a social bookmarking site, a networking tool; where I can store and also share my research findings that I have bookmarked with other people on my course. Delicious has made this module a lot more simple when saving research that I feel will be beneficial for my project by halving the time spent on normally doing this.
Last module I spent many hours finding material then copying and pasting the URL into a word document or writing them down on scraps of paper for me to use on a later date. When this later date had arrived I spent more time again trying to shift through the websites I had retrieved or pulling my hair out because I could not find them again. This process of bookmarking I had created last module was time consuming, not organised and not easy to access when needed.
Whereas Delicious is the complete opposite, it stores all your bookmarks in one place. There is a clear direct link to access the websites you have stored; you can also personalise tags to organise your bookmarks into
categories, to make the bookmarks more easier to access. For example I have tags such as Inclusive Theatre, Health and STI's.
So for this module Delicious has been of great benefit and very efficient to myself and my project. The fact that can access these bookmarks from any computer has given me the freedom of working anywhere. I have found myself with a spare 30 minutes when I can access Delicious through my phone and bookmark away. It has also been one of my main resources when researching as I can share and observe others bookmarks within my personal network on Delicious.
At first I felt that the majority of the network were bookmarking their specific project topics like dancing; which I felt had no relevance to my project and I did not see how this was going to benefit everyone, but as the time has gone on I have noticed and watched more members of the network becoming more in-depth within their research which has encouraged myself to this within mine; I have also noticed connections within others and mine projects through the bookmarking tags such as teaching.
Currently a lot of bookmarks are being added on 'research methods' and have been shared which I has been of grate use for my project and also others. I have found when shifting through other members of my network I have been intrigued and also learnt new things about others topics, which is only a good thing to empower my general knowledge.
Overall I am so glad that I have set up and effectively using Delicious to the best of my knowledge to help push forward my project.
Hi Laura,
ReplyDeleteI too have found Delicious to be very useful for storing website addresses and other Internet resource sites. You make a valid point about the amount of time you can save by using Delicious. It sounds like you have made great use of the sharing aspect of Delicious too.
I agree that being able to access your Delicious account from any computer via the internet is most useful. I really appreciated this: I conducted my investigation in London and Los Angeles and so I was able to access it during my travels. Also, having all the website addresses stored in such an organised way in Delicious, helped me to organise my thoughts and utilise my time more effectively.
LB x