What
is Delicious:
Delicious
(formally del.icio.us) is a social networking website. The basis of the website
is that you can bookmark websites etc. that you like or find interesting but
want to have more of a look at at a later date or want to use later down the
track. You can then access the links to the websites on any computer. There is
no need to write down or save useful websites in word documents or email
anymore, this website does it for you. The other benefits of Delicious are that
you can then “share” your bookmarks with other people and you can access other
people bookmarks.
How to
create a profile:
To
create a profile on Delicious you go to their website www.delicious.com You then go to the top right
hand corner and click “join”. From here you create a username, password and add
in an email account and press “Join Delicious”. It’s as simple as that.
Where
to start:
A step
by step process to using Delicious:
1. You
initially create a log in for Delicious (see above for further details on how
to do this).
2. You
then in (for example) google search a topic you are interested in.
3. Once
you have found a useful website you save using the Delicious button in your
toolbar and you can “tag” the website with a description to make it easier to
find and place related websites into categories.
4. This
“tag” and website then appear on your Delicious profile.
5. You
can then share this bookmark with other Delicious profilers who may also be
interested in that website or topic.
6. Alternatively
people who are interested in that website or topic can go onto your profile and
access it from there.
7. From
the website you initially “tagged” you can see anyone else who may have
“tagged” that website and from this you can explore their categories to see if
they have any other “tags” that may be related to what you were looking for.
Another
way to use Delicious would be:
1.To log
in as normal.
2. But
using the search bar at the top of the page search for a topic you are
interested using key words.
3. The search
will then bring up a range of websites people have already “tagged” for their
own use.
4.You
can then “tag” these websites for your own profile and categories.
Useful
searches:
There
are many many different key words you can type in to find the information you
required. Some key words I found useful included:
·
peechpathology
·
speechpath
·
slp
·
speechtherapy
·
resources
·
language
·
speech
·
articulation
·
activities
·
therapy
·
technology
·
app
·
iphone
·
ipod
·
ipad
·
autism
Just
to name a few.
For
more info useful YouTube websites are:
Please note there has been a
name change to the website since this YouTube video was published but I found
it the most useful in explaining how to use Delicious (this video says the
website is del.icio.us not delicious.com).
and
If you have any questions please do not hesitate in posting them below.
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