Delicious Account for Reference

Hello Reffers,

I have been playing around with Delicious in it's new updated format and have an idea that I thought we could all contribute to if and when you have free time.

I am finding that many students for the 102 lessons are having trouble getting started on topic, not always, but some are. While it is the faculty responsibility to guide them, we can also provide scaffolding in this effort.

What I propose to do with the Delicious account for our department is simply create a list of folders that relate to the English 102 topics, so, "image" "ethics", "religion", "science & society" and "subcultures" and a 5th one I have added is titled, "Critical Think Tank AKA Critical Thinking"

I have started as I find related articles and ideas to load them into these categories as they fit, and the more abstract the better. This is an organic process.

Mabye, just maybe if we like the idea and once our folders gather some heft, we could use these guides in future instruction classes, or pass along to faculty as idea starters, and or just have handy on the Library Instruction libguide.

Again, this is just an idea that I have started. If you want to play please join in and let's just see what happens. I think having students read the news and having them engaged in our "real" world might really open their minds to some ideas related to topics they could explore and some ideas they had not considered.

Thanks for letting me share. Please let me know if you have questions or suggestions. Does this seem like a good idea? Are we just spoon feeding the students? Or are we participating in a social media sharing environment that is growing stronger everyday? Information is everywhere, so where is it? I just like this idea as starting points for consideration. Food for thought ...you dig?


Delicious account is
user name: delicioustmi
password: 1booklover