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 * Using Tags in del.icio.us**


 * SETTING THE STAGE** (To be reviewed before the session begins.)

In this session, participants will learn how to use "tags" to organize their del.icio.us bookmarks and to simplify searching for them. As their collection of bookmarks grows, searching for a particular bookmark or similar bookmarks can become cumbersome. Using "tags" effectively will allow them to organize and rapidly retrieve their collections.
 * Session Overview**
 * Preparation - Have an isquad del.icio.us account setup before presenting this lesson to the students. https://secure.del.icio.us/register**

What are del.icio.us "tags", and how can we effectively utilize them? How can I search my del.icio.us bookmarks and those of others to quickly find relevant sites?
 * Focusing Questions**

The following materials are used in this session: -Laptops -Projector -SmartBoard
 * Materials**

The following resources are used in this session. Using tags in del.icio.us
 * Resources**


 * INSTRUCTION** (Typically lasts about 20% of session.)

Give participants an introduction and purpose/reason why you are teaching this session: “In our last session, we learned to save important bookmarks and links using del.icio.us. As you can imagine, the more links you save the more difficult it can be to quickly find the ones you need. This is where tags can be very helpful."
 * Framing the Session**

Demonstrate for participants how to: “Watch me as I show you how to add tags to your del.icio.us bookmarks.”
 * Teaching**

Introduce tags by stating the following:
 * Step 1**

“Tags are one-word descriptors that you can assign to your bookmarks on del.icio.us to help you organize and remember them.”

Tags are a little bit like keywords, but they are chosen by you.

For example, once you have more than 10 bookmarks, it can be difficult to quickly retrieve the one you need. Let’s look at how we can make it easier for ourselves.

Open a browser window and navigate to the isquad del.icio.us site. http://del.icio.us/isquad. Tell the students that they will be adding tags to the school’s isquad del.icio.us site.
 * Step 2**

Demonstrate editing a bookmark entry by clicking on edit, and discuss what would be the key words to use as tags for the entry.
 * Step 3**

Save the edited bookmark, and demonstrate how to navigate to a tagged list by adding /”name of tag” to the school’s isquad del.icio.us site.
 * Step 4**

Tell the students, “Now it is your turn to try to edit, tag, and save bookmarks”.
 * Guided Practice**


 * WORK TIME** (Typically lasts about 60–70% of session.)

Tell the students to take the next 30 minutes edit and tag some of the school’s isquad bookmarks. “Take the next 30 minutes to..., and then we will come back together and share.”
 * Getting Started**

Post the “Work Time” slide on the session’s PowerPoint and review the following steps, making sure that all participants clearly understand them:
 * Participant Activity**

Log into the school’s isquad del.icio.us page with your username and password.
 * Step 1**

Think about and write down the keywords that will become tags in the school’s isquad del.icio.us site.
 * Step 2**

Edit several bookmarks to include these tags and save.
 * Step 3**

Circulate around the room and confer with participants. Take note of particularly good examples of work that can be presented during the Share .
 * Facilitator Conferring**
 * SHARE** (Typically lasts about 10–20% of session.)

Ask selected participants to share particularly good examples of their work. Demonstrate on the SmartBoard some of the tags students added. Discuss what types of tags students might need in their role as an iSquad member.
 * Share**


 * PowerPoint Presentation** **for "****Using Tags in del.icio.us"**

Author: John Natuzzi Email: jnatuzz@schools.nyc.gov School/Employer: NYCDOE MS131M Title: Technology Coordinator/Coach
 * ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS**

TEMPLATE DESCRIPTION

Each session contains the following components and can be conducted in 45–60 minutes:

Session Overview This is a concise summary of the session, and how it fits into the training series as a whole.

Focusing Questions These are the specific questions that guide the session. The purpose of the session is to address these questions.

Materials This is a list of all materials that the facilitator must make sure are present at the training site, including technology resources.

Resources All handouts can be found linked from the Resources section of the participant agenda. Participants will be able to access these materials online during the session, but the facilitator should review them ahead of time, and any instructional support charts should be posted in the room before the session begins.

Framing the Session The facilitator explains to the participants what will be covered in this session, how it fits into the training series as a whole, and how it may be incorporated into their reflective practice.

Teaching This is a short period of facilitator-led instruction designed to prepare the participants for their work time. The facilitator might demonstrate a specific use of technology in an authentic curricular context, selected participants might be invited to share relevant experiences, or the group as a whole might contribute to a shared brainstorming list. The facilitator should be careful to avoid giving a lengthy lecture or straying too far from the focusing questions.

Guided Practice Sometimes it is helpful for the facilitator to walk the participants through a process step by step. This gives the participants the hands-on experience of work time before losing the scaffolding of facilitator-led instruction.

Getting Started The facilitator gives instructions to the participants for their work time, and lets them know what they will be expected to share at the end of the session.

Participant Activity Participants are given time to practice the specific process they have seen demonstrated. They may be working independently, with a partner, or in small groups.

Facilitator Conferring As participants work, the facilitator moves around the room holding short conferences to help guide the work and make it more productive. The facilitator should be at eye level with participants during each conference. These conversations need not be especially private; the facilitator may invite someone sitting nearby to listen in. If common needs among the group emerge, they can either be addressed immediately or during the sharing time.

Share Participants gather at the end of the session to demonstrate what they have done, discuss experiences they have had, and reflect on what they have learned. This is an opportunity to return to the focusing questions that began the session, and discuss what has been accomplished in the interval.

Acknowledgements This section acknowledges those who contributed to the creation of this session.