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 * Unit 1 -** **Lesson 4: Bookmarking Sites **

Instructional Objectives:
 * Provide a brief overview of Social Bookmarking Sites
 * Provide hands on activities to familiarize students with Social Bookmarking Sites
 * Give brief overview of bookmarking functions
 * Present step by step demonstration of Social Bookmarking components and their use
 * Conduct a step by step demonstration on how to create a link for a bookmark

Student Objectives:
 * Uses Social Bookmarking Site to find interesting links
 * Create a Social Bookmarking site login
 * Create a list of links

Materials:
 * Software: Web browser (Netscape, Internet Explorer, Chrome, or Safari)
 * Handouts (MC Youth Summer Program Login information)

Student Activities:
 * Participate in class discussion regarding possible uses of social bookmarking sites
 * Participate in creating a login
 * Use at least one social bookmarking site
 * Discuss findings with class
 * Identify and share links with other students in the class

Teaching Methods/Strategies

Extension Activity: Students can create their own "Social" group and add links.
 * 1) 15 minute Intro. What are social bookmarking sites? Basically, these are sites that allow users to post their favorite sites, using tags (or keywords) to categorize and organize them; then other users can take these bookmarks and add them to their own collection or share them with even more users. Here are my picks for the top ten social bookkmarking sites on the Web - the sites that consistently deliver some of the best content you'll want to share, discover, and store. You can show video on what social bookmarking sites are and how they work.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">45 minutes. Demonstrate how to use a social bookmarking website using Diigo (or other like site). Show students how they can use these type of sights for Research. Select a topic for students to search on and discuss how this type of tool might be helpful. Next demonstrate how students can Share using this type of site. Finally, discuss how you can use social bookmarking sites to collaborate on projects. Demonstrate examples of collaboration.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">15 minutes. Have students create a login in a social bookmarking site. Make sure to use the Montgomery College Youth Program logins.

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