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= Web 2.0 Tools for COLLECTING and CATEGORIZING =

Read through the list of tools that interest you. This section is self-paced since some teachers may already be proficient with some tools and others may not. When you have finished exploring this section, post a comment to the discussion board with a link to your social bookmarking website or description of how Web 2.0 tools might help you collect and categorize information for your classroom. When you have finished, return to the home page.

Here are some Web 2.0 tools for collecting and categorizing information you find online...

=Social Bookmarking=

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Diigo and Delicious are the two most popular social bookmarking websites. I use Delicious because it is available on the school network so I can access my bookmarks from home and from school. If you are already using Diigo, it has a feature that allows you to merge with Delicious. So, anytime you bookmark from home using Diigo, your Delicious bookmarks are automatically updated simultaneously. (Neat, huh?)

Delicious is a Yahoo! tool, so you must have a Yahoo! ID. (You may have to set up your Yahoo! ID username and password from home if access is blocked by your school's internet filter.) To set up an account with Delicious, go to [] and click on "Join Now" at the top right corner of the screen. Sign in with your Yahoo! ID and follow the directions to get started.

Here is a link to my Delicious public profile to see what it looks like... []

=RSS Aggregators=

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RSS is an address one uses to "subscribe" to the feed of an information provider. This subscription allows you to automatically receive any newly posted information.

Google Reader and Netvibes are the two most popular aggregators used by educators. Netvibes is available to teachers on the CASD network. Your Netvibes dashboard can be private, public, or a combination of both. You can customize its appearance and content. There are widgets for everything you could possibly want.

Here is a video tutorial walking you step-by-step through the process of signing up and setting up your Netvibes dashboard:

media type="youtube" key="pIorN9dG4Mk" height="405" width="500" Here are some links to read more about RSS and education:
 * [|The ABCs of RSS]
 * [|Presentation of RSS uses in the classroom]
 * [|Blogging and RSS-- The "What's It?" and "How to?" of powerful new web tools for educators.]