From A to B to C: I'm passing along this reference to Netvouz, an online sharable bookmarks manager which I first saw mentioned in Bruce Landon's Weblog for Students (and which was in turn drawn from the EduBloggers Links Feed).
I very much like the way this bookmarking service is organized, with listings of both New Bookmarks and Most Popular bookmarks on the top page; Netvouz public bookmarks are both searchable and browsable. Bookmarks can be kept private or shared. The best way to get started in Netvouz, after registering, is just to jump around and explore its contents and features, after that examine the About section and get started using Netvouz after reading the Help/FAQ section. Netvouz has several bonus features such as automatic link checking and rss feeds for bookmark lists that enhance its value. Compare Netvouz with Furl and del.icio.us. Since the site is just getting started the developers are definitely open to suggestions for improvements and additional features.
"The idea behind Netvouz is that you should always have access to your bookmarks. Regardless if you are at your computer at home, at work, in school, at a friend's place or outdoors surfing from your cell phone. By keeping your bookmarks on Netvouz you always have instant access to them, regardless of where you are and which computer you are using! On Netvouz you can also be social and share your bookmarks with other users and, of course, also benefit from other users' bookmarks. It's a great way to find new great web sites in your areas of interest!"
As every webhead knows, organized bookmarks constitute a valuable mapping of learning spaces. The ability to share bookmarks is one of the important learning boons of the Internet age because it allows net users to share their discoveries and to compare organizational schemas. E.g. what I put in a collection of bookmarks on "Educational Technology" will not be the same as those of others; both the overlappings in collections and the differences are informative. Look at ten different collections of bookmarks on "Computers" and you will find ten different mappings of the subject, reflecting ten different cognitive maps and ten different explorations of the worldwide network of information. ____JH
eContent mapping. Netvouz - Online Social Bookmarks Manager - Organize, Tag and Share your bookmarks [Edubloggers Links Feed] [Bruce Landon's Weblog for Students]
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