What is it?  Before I started using the Google Bookmarks, I would bookmark a website in the browser on my home computer and then at school I would go to Favorites to find it ... only to find it wasn't there (or vice versa). How annoying is that? Well, if you have a google account, you can download the Google toolbar and then save your "favorites" to your Google account on the Internet instead of on the hard-drive of a specific computer. It's the Blue star in the Google toolbar above. Now I can pull up my favorite websites anywhere! (at a conference, in a colleagues office, in a computer lab, on vacation,...) Cool!

Cost?  Good news!  Free!

Technical Requirements?  You've got to get a Google account first.  Sign up for Gmail - it's awesome!  I highly recommend actually watching the tutorials for Gmail, it's a bit different than other emails you've most likely used.  You'll probably want to download the Google toolbar on any computer that you use a lot.  And you'll want to create an iGoogle page to access the bookmarks on computers that don't have a Google toolbar. 

How could we use this technology in the hybrid or traditional classroom? I can pull up my good math websites from any computer station that is hooked up to the Internet.  I can save a website to my favorites from any computer that is hooked up to the Internet.

How could we use this technology in the online classroom?  I can't think of a direct use for online classes, but indirectly it will help you to manage your vast collection of Internet resources.

How could we use this technology in our professional lives?  I can save lots of time by not having to re-search for websites that I know exist but do not have bookmarked on the computer I'm using.

Wish list for this technology?  My one wish was to make bookmarked lists accessible without downloading the toolbar, and now they are.  You can add your Google Bookmarks to your iGoogle homepage, which you should be able to sign in to on any computer with Internet access.