豆知识 2009-11-25&11-28 社会化书签(2/2)

 Let's fast-forward two months to make our second point: Why tags are so important. 

 

Let's say you now have a hundred bookmarked sites. Chaos¹, right? Well, since you added tags, you have a way to sort the bookmarks by the tags you assigned. To find all the sites about "algebra²", you click the "algebra" tag, and voila, one hundred becomes three. All your bookmarks are now more findable thanks to tags. But that's only part of the fun.

 

Now, let's look at the social part of bookmarking to make our third point. Think about your fellow teachers. Couldn't they benefit from seeing your bookmarks? Well, they can. Delicious bookmarks are public. This means your friends and peers can see your bookmarks and use your tags just like you. That's why this is called social bookmarking. Your bookmarks can benefit other people. 

 

Think about it this way. You start bookmarking "algebra" sites and your peers can see the interesting sites you find. Then, they start bookmarking too. Within a few weeks, a group of teachers are all bookmarking their favorite math websites, and because they're all public, everyone discovers new and relevant materials. 

 

Together, you create a network that produces a steady stream of interesting and useful websites, all organized by tags on the delicious website. The lesson is that social bookmarking sites take a world of chaos and make it orderly.

 

Remember there are three steps to get started. First, go to delicious.com to sign up and add the buttons to your browser³. Second, start bookmarking sites with tags. And third, be social. Notice how useful and fun other people's bookmarks can be.

1 chaos   

n.混乱，无秩序

参考例句：

• After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
• The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。

2 algebra   

n.代数学

参考例句：

• He was not good at algebra in middle school.他中学时不擅长代数。
• The boy can't figure out the algebra problems.这个男孩做不出这道代数题。

3 browser   

n.浏览者

参考例句：

• View edits in a web browser.在浏览器中看编辑的效果。
• I think my browser has a list of shareware links.我想在浏览器中会有一系列的共享软件链接。