Tagging aids:
- critical thinking
- as you tag you have to make a stab at conceptualizing the content of the particular resource you are contemplating
- as you tag you have to make a stab at conceptualizing the content of the particular resource you are contemplating
- reflection
- as you tag, you need to think about what you have learned and how you might want to use what you have learned in the future (linking past and future learning)
- as you tag more, you may realize that your original tags are not organizing as efficiently as you need, and that you need to group your tags, or re-name your tags, or retag some of your sources
- understanding
- of how information is organized in other contexts, such a library catalogue or article database