This week our assignment was to explore the world of social bookmarking in the diigo site. I had never heard of this before probably because I am not a secondary teacher. My first reaction was this was not something I could use in my class, but as I did my research I realized it could give my students access to their favorite articles about different areas we are studying at school using different Ipads or at home on their phone.
I am constantly throwing this and that into my favorites at school and here at home. If I use my school computer and not my personal computer those things on my favorites will only be accessible on that individual computer. The same goes for my personal computer at home. When I am not at one of the two computer my information is totally unavailable until now!! I finally get it!!!
This is my own personal library in the cloud that I will be able to access any where there is internet from any device or computer. Besides being available it has tools that will help me remember where I left off by using a sticky note or highlighting the portion that is important. The articles I have put in the diigo "cloud" can also be emailed and shared at the click of a button so I do not have to waste time going back into an email site, download the information, then create the email all before I can send out the information.
I sign up a new user account at diigo and then upgraded to an educator user. I also loved our ETEC 527 diigo group that Dr. B invited us all to. I really like the tags and am amazed at the countless articles about technology and education for example. This is great to have so much information at my finger tips without having to spend hours researching online.
As I continue to use diigo I know this will really be a lifesaver for me personally as a teacher and college student. Tell me what you think about this Web 2.0 tool.
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