Delicious.
Delicious is a social book marking site. It is a web site that allows you to save unlimited web pages which you may find useful by tagging appropriate words related to the content and here fore organizing a website mini database. It has been extremely advantageous to my project and its literature. Initially, I was struggling to develop my literature review with the limited documents I had researched to support my work. However, delicious allowed me to develop this research in an easy and constructive manner. It also provides the ability to create a network of people with similar interests, therefore aiding your research with fresh documents and new information.
Before I was introduced to Delicious I would save web pages I found useful to my tool bar under ‘Favorites’. This I found time consuming having to scan through all the web pages saved before finally finding the one I wanted. The tag system in Delicious eliminates this problem by typing a word which relates to the document content then directing me straight to the document of interest I am looking for.
Unlike that of a ‘Favorites’ tool, Delicious is a online database so can be accessed from any computer I am working on. This is extremely useful especially whilst undergoing a research project which may suggest use of a library amongst other public places.
The icon labeled ‘browse bookmarks’ allows me to easily refer back to past read documents that I could make possible use of in the future. This was apparent whilst writing up my the end of my literature review and discovering I had missed some vital information out. It took no longer than one minute to type ‘student culture drama’ as a tag and the right document was at hand.
I never believed that I would make use of a program like Delicious but whilst working on my research project I have found it thoroughly beneficial and a credit to my work.
About Me
- Rachel Lee Moore
- Rachel trained at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts where she graduated in Professional Musical Theatre and recieved awards for best actress.She later went on to work with queen choreographer, Arlene Philips, as a principal dancer with the unique performances of The Give Back Project and played a principal role in a new writers play entitled The Perfect Man for Me. She went on to make her first short film with Ocean Storm productions entitled 'The Pledge'. After leaving Paris where she was promoted to dance captain in shows and parades she discovered her passion to teach and help benefit others in performing arts. She has since taught dance and drama all over the country with Jago performers in Worcester, Abbey School of Dance in Coventry and Lemon Jelly Arts in Leicester and London. Rachel now wishes to further her teaching skills to one day achieve her ambitions of becoming a successful member of a stage school faculty or perhaps even a principal. She is undertaking a Work Based Learning course to develop these skills and achieve the needed qualifications to conquer her dreams.
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