Social Bookmarking

I would define social bookmarking as a representation of one's thoughts.  Social bookmarking is popular in my opinion because it connects a physical action to a specific thought.  For example, it is exactly as if you tie a string around your finger or someone says you would remember that if it was stamped on your forehead.  The physical action reinforces the aha moment of the reader.  That action is the bookmarking  of the web page.  As a student a digital reference is huge it not only backs up your research with ideas that are similar to yours but using the power of search engines for your own research that was done in the past.  Another facet as a student you can quickly go to what you personally know as a reliable site.
The other day I was walking through my home saying to myself I wish my home had a Google engine built into it, this was in order to find some mundane item.  That is the power of social bookmarking for a teacher, it organizes the millions of thought that a teacher has through the day that can apply to a students learning process.  It also cuts the guesswork out for the students, when doing research.  This alone gives the students a break in the exploration of the internet and allows them to focus directly on the subject at hand.  This is valuable to those students like myself who like to procrastinate when bombarded by so many visual things happening around them.