Learn More About Tagging
Tagging is an open and informal method of categorizing that allows users to associate keywords with online content (webpages, pictures & posts). Unlike library subject cataloging, which follows a strict set of guidelines (i.e.Library of Congress subject headings), tagging is completely unstructured and freeform, allowing users to create connections between data anyway they want.
The following video will provide an overview of tagging and show how it is used in the three sites we will be exploring this week.
I already have a delicious account and flickr but didn't realize some of the cool bells and whistles. It's so great to share some of the hints and tricks to using this stuff. By the way -- how do you download that delicious so you can automatically bookmark a page? Do you have to get a separate toolbar?
Sorry I didn't include this in the instructions! It walks you through the process as you are creating your delicious account, but, since you already had one, it didn't give you the opportunity to do so. You can find links to the delicious add-ons at http://delicious.com/help/tools. The links are at the top of the page. The instructions differ depending on which browser you use.
Kathy