Creating a research repository in del.icio.us

Gray and I, with the help of Leslie, have created an assignment for the interdisciplinary inquiry course in which students use the social bookmarking and online information organization tool del.icio.us to thoughtfully save, categorize, describe, and share information resources.

Through internet research and emerging Library tools, students are creating a research repository online that will be at least 20 resources deep. The "bookmark & share" widget that has been added to UW's WorldCat catalog, for example, enables students to seamlessly post specific research resources and annotate them. After reviewing student work, and compiling their feedback, we will report back on the success of using this free web 2.0 technology to enhance student research.

Embedding Media in Blogs and Other Sites

Apture is a new tool that enables you to embed a variety of media into a blog post or web page.

You can see a demo on this blog from their site.

There would seem to be much potential here for teaching and learning, even while I do wonder if there might also be a tipping point of Too Much Information if used carelessly.

Flickr blog

This companion blog to the photo organization and sharing site Flickr posts selections from the site, provides commentary on changing photo formats and techniques (see the recent post on the death of Polaroid film), and lists events and meet-ups with flickr members.

The UWB/CCC Campus Library has a photoset on Flickr, and I am curious to see how courses and students may use Flickr - it seems like a perfect tool for studio art students, photography students, and as a way to visually track a group project, video, play, etc.