Social bookmarking: a DEL.ICIO.US surprise!!
I had never heard about social bookmarking before but now I have to say that it is a pleasant surprise.
Social bookmarking is a web service through which people can share their favorite sites with the rest of the online community. In this way you can contribute to widening the resources of this kind of shareable virtual space...
This system lets you save, tag and search for your own bookmarks and notes or browse and search for other users' links and tags.You can be open and share your links with others..moreover, social bookmarking is a way to find people with your same interests, to discover new interesting sites, to publish your own bookmarks...
I think that this activity is extremely helpful and useful: an effective resource, especially because you can create a real repository of websites which can help you in your English learning. It can also be a quick and easy alternative to search engines like Google ..
In fact, using del.icio.us, you can come across a smaller and more selected number of sites : in a certain sense, other people have done an initial scanning and judged the validity of particular sites..
Obviously they have to be critical and well-intentioned, otherwise this important advantage becomes a disadvantage ...
Tapping into my classmates' favorites, I've explored the following sites:
1. Dictionary of Synonyms Theasaurus (Francesca)
I think it is useful, easy and quick to use. I've tried to search the synonyms of different words (speak, good..) and I have to say that the result is extremely detailed and precise. Moreover, I've appreciated the fact that many synonyms taken from informal or slang language are included in the list and marked with an asterisk.
2.Spellcheck (Lucrezia)
Easy, clear and useful to avoid silly and irritating errors in your written language.
3.Common English Mistakes (Alice)
I think this site offers a large number of common English mistakes!
The section called Supplementary Pages with the contribution about "Commonly mispelled words" and "common non-errors"it is very interesting!
4.Blogging for beginners (Svjetlana)
Here you can find different definitions of blogs..always welcome because it helps to learn more about the Blogosphere.
5.Tulane University (Maria Chiara)
It's interesting to start discovering something concerning our "exchange activity" of next semester!
6.Newspapers of the world (Marco)
Great! An incommensurable resource to improve your reading skills..and not only in English!
That's all for the moment
Annalisa
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posted by Annalisa @ 4:22 AM
1 Comments:
At 2:30 AM,
Sarah said…
Dear Annalisa,
First of all, I really like the title of your post – it made me smile :-)
You’ve made some very interesting observations about social bookmarking (both advantages and potential drawbacks) and show much enthusiasm. Your post is organized very clearly, which shows your blogging skills are improving, and it is clear that you really did explore your peers’ favorites. A blogging tip: usually blue indicates hyperlinks so either make the titles of your peers’ sites links or change the color, otherwise it’s confusing.
Just a few language comments:
- verbs: “I’ve never heard”, “I’ve to”
- word order: “share with…their favourite sites”, “very interesting the section called”
- nominalisation: verb/adjective/noun + to/for + -ing form, “contribute to”, “useful for”, “resource for”
- prepositions: “search…”, “come across”
- vocabulary: “first” vs. “initial”, saying “language” after “English” is a repitition
- punctuation: after “moreover”
Sarah
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