Social bookmarking can help teachers and students in many ways. I chose Diigo as my social bookmarking site. I do think the Diigo site will help me as a teacher because I see myself contacting other people’s sites to research topics for lessons and to collaborate and share ideas. I strongly believe that we should not all have to reinvent the wheel every time we want to do something! I like the idea that if I find people who think as I do that I can subscribe to their RSS and receive updates on new websites that they have added. I also like the idea of collaborating with other schools and sharing bookmarks between participating communities. I know several teachers in other districts and think that social bookmarking would be a great way to share knowledge. I also would use a feed to the library to stay updated on new books, articles, etc.

As for students utilizing social bookmarking in class, I think they should be given live, acceptable links to select from which would make their search more productive in the time they have to work on it. Students can also do peer collaborating for projects, use video channels instead of face to face presentations, and use links to libraries to get updated on new books, articles, events or information.