Delicious and PortaPortal

I am trying to give Delicious a fair shake, although I had started my PortaPortal page (user name MaggieMcNeice) and was having such a good time adding links for my students (as well as myself) that I found myself resisting a change to Delicious.  But, I watched the videos, etc., and set up a Delicious page, and started collecting bookmarks.  I like the fact that if you have the icon on the toolbar you get an automatic prompt to save a bookmarked site to Delicious. And I guess it's helpful to see how many people have bookmarked a site, although I tend to make my own decisions about a site instead on relying on others.

But I find the layout of the Delicious pages rather messy and uninteresting.  I think it is complicated to navigate compared to Portaportal, at least for kids who have difficulty with say, more than 20 math problems on a page, or worksheets without lines to write on.  Portaportal has those tidy little boxes, and the ability to put a happy little "wow" or smiley face next to your link.  And it's pretty.

Sigh.  Sometimes I am such a girl.  (Years ago, we went to buy our first car -- I chose the color and my husband chose the engine type and all the boring stuff.)

I will continue to collect links on Delicious and see where it takes me, because I am learning that sometimes it takes a few weeks to truly understand the value of one of these sites.  I'll keep you posted!  (pun intended)

And now, for something delicious:

An amazing Hot Fudge Sundae Cake from AllSweets.com (I may have to try this recipe!)

Maggie