How Social Bookmarking Can Help the 21st Century Teacher.

Social bookmarking, as an important tool for connecting, organizing and retaining online information, is presented in this article. The authors demonstrate how they use diigo to communicate with others in their professional communities and groups as well as how they use this tool for developing their online libraries. Suggestions are offered for how social bookmarking can enhance classroom teaching and learning. AUTHOR BIOGRAPHIES Dr. Kathleen A. Gormley teaches graduate courses in literacy and digital literacy at The Sage Colleges in Troy, NY. She is particularly interested in how students acquire and use the new literacies. If you wish to join NYSRA 2010's diigo group (social bookmarking), go to http://groups.diigo.com and search groups for ‗NYSRA 2010.' Once you indicate that you want to join the group, she will give you permission. She may also be reached at gormlk@sage.edu. Peter McDermott is a Professor of Education at The Sage Colleges where he teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in reading and the language arts. He previously taught in Bosnia as a Fulbright Scholar in Tanzania as a volunteer with IRA's Diagnostic Te aching Project and Kazakhstan with Soros' Open Society and IRA's Reading, Writing and Critical Thinking Project (RWCT). He has a long time interest in urban education. He is currently interested in the new digital literacies and their effects in students' literacy development.