I had a hard time choosing a tool from the book. There are so many ideas for using all the different tools at school. But I wanted something I could use in class, so I choose a social bookmark that I set up on delicious.com. Signing in was easy and making the actual bookmark involved some problem solving since I am just beginning.  I chose to focus on the reading topic for the week and found some different things to enhance the vocabulary and relate to the real world. It really opened my eyes to technology enhancing the classroom and being a time saver as well.

            The rubric is was what really helped me to pick the tool I should use. I like that social bookmarks are free and rated as basic, since my skills are basic. The thing I like the most is the ease of being able to share what I create with other people and that I can store multiple sources from the web on one site instead of bookmarking them or remembering where I found them all and looking for them one by one.

            I believe that I have met a lot of the standards in the TASC, But I will just touch a few. First, I opened up the curriculum to learning differences by providing a different way for input and output of information.  Next, I chose a movie that shows the topic being applied to real world settings and engaging learners in local and global issues. Last, I have another way to assess the group instead of paper pencil. It’s not as stressful as paper pencil and allows us to discuss ideas as a group.

            I am excited to share with others how easy, fun and applicable social bookmarking is, not to mention the standards it meets and the time it saves in the classroom.