Scribd
Upload
1K views

Intro It Classwork

Folksonomy is the practice of categorizing online content through user-generated tags rather than a formal taxonomy. This lesson teaches students about folksonomy and asks them to come up with tags for different websites using folksonomy, and to summarize sections of their textbook about topics like podcasts, the semantic web, mashups, and social networking sites. Students are also asked to provide examples of social networking sites and websites they have never heard of.

Uploaded by

api-233989609
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
Available Formats
Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
1K views

Intro It Classwork

Folksonomy is the practice of categorizing online content through user-generated tags rather than a formal taxonomy. This lesson teaches students about folksonomy and asks them to come up with tags for different websites using folksonomy, and to summarize sections of their textbook about topics like podcasts, the semantic web, mashups, and social networking sites. Students are also asked to provide examples of social networking sites and websites they have never heard of.

Uploaded by

api-233989609
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
Available Formats
Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 1

Intro IT Classwork: Lesson 2

Folksonomy is the practice of categorizing online content through tags for non-technical
users.
The tags themselves can consist of keywords, category names or metadata.

Example

1. Come up with 5 words for this classes webpage using folksonomy (Intro IT page)
2. Pick your favorite artist and come up with 5 words using folksonomy for their
website
3. Pretend you designed a website for your mother, father, or guardian; come up with
5 words using folksonomy for their website

Read pages 2-8 through 2-12 in your text book wrote 2 facts about each section listed
below:

2
3

Podcast
Semantic Web
Mashup
Social networking
Privacy and responsibility on social networking sites

Give 3 examples of social networking sites.


Give 3 examples of websites you never heard of.

You might also like