Tagging

An essential digital literacy for success in the C21st

Where do you see tags?

Twitter Instagram Youtube Flickr Goodreads (shelves) Blogs Eg. Fashion Blog:

http://seaofshoes.typepad.com/

DiigoDanielmoyle, hashtag, CC X 2.0

Tags are key words or terms used to describe information, images, videos, posts etc.

They are used to categorize information to help users understand what the information is about.

Tags ensure information can be easily found again when browsing or searching.

What are Tags and why do people use them?

Tags are very useful for research because they help me find information on a topic.

Tags are useful when I bookmark information because it helps me organise my research.

Tags are useful to locate information at a later date.

How will tagging be useful to my learning?

Keep it simple: use 3 – 4 tags only per piece of information

Keep it the same: be consistent and avoid using similar names for the same thing eg “black death” and “black plague”

Always use lower case letters

Some rules for tagging

Think of a book you have read.

Find a review of this book. Save the review to Diigo and give it some tags.

Enter a book you have read into Goodreads and add it to some shelves.

Let’s practice tagging