Del.icio.us is a social bookmarking site that allows users to store web bookmarks online and share them with others. Del.icio.us uses a system of "tags" or keywords to organize bookmarks into categories. Bookmarks stored on del.icio.us can be viewed by the public, but there is an option to keep your bookmarks private.
The feature that sets del.icio.us apart from standard bookmarking is the fact that you can create a network of users with whom you share your bookmarks and subscribe to the bookmarks of other users.


Here's a brief video that gives an overview of Del.icio.us:



There are lots of ways that Del.icio.us can be used as an educational tool. Here are a few:

• Create tags for the chapters or units of study you teach during the year. Have students subscribe to your tags for a particular chapter or post a link on your Studywiz site.
  
  
• Have students use Del.icio.us to tag websites they plan to use for a research paper or report and use the notes area to create a bibliographic entry in MLA format.
  
  
• Create a network of teachers in your department and use the for: feature to send links to one another.