iSquad - del.icio.us Session 1 of 2

Getting going with del.icio.us

Focusing Questions

• What is social bookmarking?• How can I login and post to my school’s

isquad del.icio.us account?

Instruction

Framing The Session

• Many times teachers want to share online resources with their students.

• Using del.icio.us will let the iSquad members help their teachers and classmates find online resources.

Teaching• What is social bookmarking?

– It allows you to save website links on a website. – It allows you to share your bookmarks with other

people. This is helpful to a teacher who wants to point their students to a link.

– It is also useful when collaborating with others.

Teaching

• Using a social bookmarking site like del.icio.us allows you to see your bookmarks from any computer on the Internet.

Teaching• Open a browser window and

navigate to http://del.icio.us. • Click on the login link.

Teaching

• Type in the isquad username

and password, and click “log in”.

Teaching• You post a link to the

del.icio.us account by clicking on the “post” link at the top.

• In a new browser window, find a page that you want to save. Highlight the address and copy it. Paste it in the url text box and press save.

• Give it a brief description, which becomes the title. More descriptions can be added in the Notes box.

Guided Practice

• Now it is your turn to try del.icio.us.

– http://del.icio.us.

• Find relevant links and post them on your isquad’s del.icio.us site.

Work Time

Work Time• You will now find useful and relevant sites for

your iSquad job.• Copy the address and post them to your

isquad del.icio.us site.• Add a description and notes and save it.• Check that the link works. • Use the instruction sheet link on

http://del.icio.us/isquad for assistance.

Share

• Demonstrate on the SmartBoard some of the bookmarks you added.

• Discuss what types of bookmarks you might need in your role as an iSquad member.

Share

Resources• Del.icio.us Instruction Sheet