Online Articles: week 6

After reading about the uses of facebook, ning and social bookmarking I am feeling a little more comfortable with using some of them in my classroom.  I really enjoyed the social bookmarking aspect especially after having used it in this class in particular.  I now see how the networking, sharing and resource compiling that can take place will ultimately benefit my students if it is used in the correct way.  Social bookmarking has become such a great tool in compiling my own ideas and research for my area of study that I can just see all of the implications that could be constructed in an English course setting for example.  I certainly hope that more teachers will begin to set up their students with a social bookmarking site and teach them the correct way to use it in order to maximize their learning potential.  There certainly are many resources available that I would never have had my eyes opened to if it wasn't for beginning my Masters in this program.