Thing #17

del.icio.us could be used in the classroom. In the tutorial for the website, they suggest teachers can use del.icio.us for creating a reading list and making a syllabus. That got me thinking about the research aspect. My initial thought was that this would be a good site for finding information on my own personal interests. Then, I realized, students could do research with this website and maybe get better results than with google. Sometimes, when I am researching information on google, I don't always get credible resources. But, I would think if someone took the time to tag a website on del.icio.us then is should be reliable and useful to academic needs. Students could use this site for writing research papers and to get extra help with literature.