Delicious Account

Here's my Delicious account: http://delicious.com/erelmore

When I’ve used bookmarking websites in the past I have shared them with parents of studnets. In my experience, this is a wonderful tool to share. It allows parents to see what their children are working on, parents can participate in the activities with their children, and it provides them with websites to review/reinforce the skills that are being covered in class.

I found Delicious to be very similar to Portaportal. Both sites are web based bookmarking programs that let you store links to websites online. Here are the major differences that I see:
- Delicious allows tags to be attached to each website. This allows the user to organize sites based on the tag or tags.
- Portaportal organizes websites by category or folder.

Depending on the purpose of its use, one site might be more effective than the other. I feel that Delicious is a better site to use when working with other professionals. The tags let the user customize the website search. This concept might be difficult for elementary aged child to understand and use effectively. I think Portaportal, on the other hand, is a wonderful tool for students to use during inquiry projects, webquests, and other interventions. Students can easily access the site using the guest log in and quickly locate the websites based on the category.

Here is my Portaportal site I used when I was in the classroom:
Website: http://www.portaportal.com/
Guest Access: elmore

Overall, both websites are easy to use and user-friendly.