Comments on: edutagger.com now on-line http://tech4teaching.edublogs.org/2008/02/07/edutaggercom-now-on-line/ Lets break down the "Old Thinking" barriers. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:21:09 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Mark http://tech4teaching.edublogs.org/2008/02/07/edutaggercom-now-on-line/comment-page-1/#comment-147 Mark Thu, 07 Feb 2008 11:32:01 +0000 http://tech4teaching.edublogs.org/2008/02/07/edutaggercom-now-on-line/#comment-147 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. 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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