Delicious - Opened an account several months ago. I do a lot of web browsing at home and then save to Delicious so I can access them at school. (so far it isn't blocked). I don't use it to go to website when I am online, especially for frequently used sites. I find it easier to use my Bookmarks. Guess it is because I have a folder called A List with all the sites I visit daily or at least weekly. "A" so it stays at the top of the list.
I think tagging is great. I have started to do it on my Firefox bookmarks. I have so many bookmarked I forget what I have. Also, if I every re-organize my bookmarks it takes me weeks to remember the new place I put them. With the tags I can find them. (as long as I remember the tags I used)
NebraskAccess - I agree with some of the tags (resources, databases, lesson_plans) I probably would not use Nebraska or librarycommission, but they make sense. Mine are A List and Handy Links because those are the folders they were in on my Bookmarks. I don't see using NebraskAccess as a tag since that is the name of the website.
I have thought about using Delicious as a means of saving websites for students. Opening other accounts and saving just the websites I want them to access. Since I would with elementary students for the most part I haven't come to a solid decision that this is the best method to use. I wanted to use a Word document and have student click on the link, but that capability is disabled for our students. They have to copy and paste. They do learn the usefulness of bookmarking after they have to type in a web address from the board. I tell them if they bookmark they won't have to type it again.
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