Library clips

Yesterday I posted about using facets or automated tags within del.icio.us to augment the browsing experience…well I just discovered that Todd over at Big IDEA has implemented automated tags in scuttledu…see the added browsing feature.

From the post:

“When you register for the service, you are asked to provide your grade level and subject area. When you add a bookmark, these two pieces of information become tags. You have the option of not using these tags as well.

…When you log in to the service you are in “teacher mode” by default. This means that when you add a bookmark it will automatically be tagged with your grade level and subject area. You can change the grade level and subject area if you teach more than one subject. You can also switch to “not-teacher mode” by clicking an icon in the upper-right corner. In teacher mode, the icon is a person wearing a graduation cap; in not-teacher mode, the icon is a person wearing a baseball cap. The link toggles between the two modes. In “not-teacher” mode, your bookmarks are not automatically tagged with your grade level and subject area. Use this, for example, if you are bookmarking sites not related to your teaching duties.”

More on this other post:

“Scuttledu does not try to impose a formal taxonomy on users; if users don’t want to tag their bookmarks with grade level and subject area tags, they don’t have to. It is interesting to note, however, that there have been some attempts by del.icio.us users to use community-defined tags. Emily writes about her experience in the nptech tagging experiment…”