Thing 12: Tagging & Social Bookmarking

I have often used "Bookmarks" as a way to remember websites that I think are useful. Unfortunately, there are times when I cannot access my bookmarks. For example, I have several bookmarked websites at home that I cannot access when I am at school. I really like the idea of having my bookmarks "tagged" on the Internet so that I can access them from any computer. I also like the idea of including tags, so I can organize my bookmarks. I can include tags by subject area or even topic (as could be the case with a math lesson or time period in history). This would be so helpful to share with my teacher colleagues. The only issues with tagging might be that a particular website might cover multiple math concepts, for example, so it might be difficult to assign one tag that would help me find the website in the future. I also think that if I was to use this socially, I might not know how others have tagged their sites. I may not be able to find what I am looking for simply because I may not know the right "tag" to use. I think you have to be careful when assigning tags and make the labels somewhat generic so other people can find your links.