Mark Schumann from the MITIE usergroup has released edutagger.com, for K-12 Social Bookmarking. It works like Digg or del.icio.us.
Mark says this about Edublogger, and himself:
The reason i’m posting this here is for two reasons. The first is that i’m trying to get the word out so that it can achieve a “critical mass” appropriate for this style of collaborative user-driven content. The second reason is that the types of links and resources on EduTagger can be quite relevant to the subjects discussed on this forum. I’ve even created an “Administration” category specific to the non-teaching aspects of K-12 educational institutions (e.g. the password reset program discussed recently could be a great link).
I’m working in the IT department of a K-12 school in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs, and one of my aims has always been to easily share interesting resources with the teaching staff. Additionally, a way for teaching staff to share those same resources with each other is surprisingly difficult. EduTagger is really one possible solution to these aims.
Looks like a handy site, its based around Education, and its Australian.
Have a look, and like me, start adding your links.
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Thanks for the link, I may explain a little more about this “critical mass” i’m trying to achieve. As most reading this probably know, Digg functions through a dedicated user-base of news submitters and “diggers” (those that actively vote for stories they find interesting). Given the large community on Digg, the stories promoted to the front page are generally a good respresentation of the popularity, or “quality” of the link in question.
EduTagger operates similarly, with a team of “edutaggers” as opposed to “diggers”. As of the date of this comment, with a lower number of users, links that are “dugg” (or “tagged” in this case) represent a tiny portion of the educational community, and those that are promoted to the front page often only have 2 or 3 “tags”. Obviously i’d love to get EduTagger to a point where only the best quality links move to the front page, with the ability for users to filter for specific content keywords as needed. The focus on education is another key element, as keywords such as “games” will filter a better list of results as opposed to Digg or del.icio.us.
I’d love to hear any comments anyone has as i’m very keen to develop EduTagger to provide a good source of quality, filtered K-12 social content.
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