Social Bookmarking Plan

For my social bookmarking plan, I decided to use social bookmarking as a tool for myself.

There are a couple different social bookmarking sites that I prefer, but for this post, I'm going to discuss Pinterest and Diigo.

I created a Pinterest account a few years ago and just recently began organizing it.  Originally, I had main topics, such as math, reading, writing and science.  Currently, I am working on breaking down those topics into smaller topics so that I can find my resources faster.  Under math I am organizing my boards according to state standards, which in turn, are the skills that are assessed for the report card.  I am breaking math down into things that I'll use for lessons and things that I'll use for centers.  I am doing a similar type of organization for reading.  For writing,  I am breaking down writing into narrative, informational and opinion writing.  I have many specific topics under that, including picture books to use as I'm teaching.  I also have a social skills category where I am organizing picture books to use when I teach specific social skills.  I'm hoping this way of organization will help me to access resources in a faster way when I need them.

Regarding Diigo, I have started to bookmark topics that I would like to learn more about, such as educational technology trends and integrating technology into the elementary classroom.  I hope to better organize these articles so that when discussions come up with my grade level or when I have a question about how to use something, I can quickly access the articles that I've bookmarked.

I have opened up both my Pinterest account and my Diigo account for my colleagues to access as well. Together, we've shared many things on Pinterest but few have gotten on board with Diigo.  My hope is that, as they find each bookmarking site useful, they will join me in using them for educational development and growth.