Chapter 6 Response

In this chapter Richardson attempts to answer our growing anxiety about what to do with the overwhelming amount of content that we can access on the internet.  Through "social bookmarking" he argues, "you're creating your own community of researchers..." (p. 90) and there is a handy way to organize all that is gathered by this "community."  Instead of the traditional bookmarking that we do on our computers, social bookmarking allows you to access those sites from any computer, to "tag" those sites and have others contribute to your growing pool of resources.  When I read about it in chapter 6 it made vague sense, but was too much information given my limited experience with Web 2.0 tools so I used the Social Bookmarking In Plain English video tutorial to solidify it all for me.  This clip really made the whole tagging process more
clear.  Check it out!

In my attempt to try tagging, I went to Delicious, a social bookmarking site that the author touts as great for networking with other people with common interests.  I created an account and searched "content literacy" to see what resources are out there.  Although I haven't had a lot of time to dig deeply into it, I was excited about some of the resources that came up.  I tagged two resources; one "reading" and the other "content literacy."  I'm not sure at this point where to go from here.  I need more time to play with it....and perhaps to watch the social bookmarking video again.
While this chapter put me over the top a bit with new technology, I also see this information as essential because it forces organization.  If we get our info organized, we're more likely to use it!