Diigo Community

enhance my bookmarking

blog or an email

highlight and publish easily from Diigo

some very useful sites brought to my attention

that can be shared

pool resources

create groups

joined a few Diigo groups

create lists

search the bookmarks anywhere

full-text and tags

most popular bookmarks on a particular subject

ways to share and aggregate information

no traffic metrics are completely accurate

useful for gauging relative audience size

1 | digg.com

6 | del.icio.us

12 | Slashdot.org

13 | twine.com

18 | diigo.com

Diigo – its effect on me

many fantastic links from the diigo in education group

reccomend all teachers with an interest in using web2.0 in their teaching to join this group

Tips/Tricks/Pitfalls

My students were A-Level

reasonably mature (16/17)

I was on hand to support in a very intensive way

the group was small (about 9)

things that you should absolutely do to make sure students use diigo properly

select the drop down menu

as soon as they start writing a note

decide if the content they are writing is to be shared

find the group you have assigned them to belong to and select that.

Highlighting is fiddly

Keep the diigo homepage open

open a seperate browser or tab

Making use of your group’

favourite

review the annotations we’ve all made

a good plenary

or start to the next lesson

challenging those sticky note annotations also increases their value

Moderating those pesky post-it notes

Where next for diigo?

I was new to the whole social bookmarking thing

more potential for taking the links found further

more usability in the forum

plus the ability to easily add in some tricksy multimedia

a stranded approach to posts

confusing

use diigo in interesting ways

deeper learning

Final thoughts

use it with much younger students

easily create accounts for students

don’t need a long list of their email addresses

most impressed by how much diigo enabled students to vocalise their thoughts

security and space

without feeling pressured

others (particularly in different subjects), might discover interesting and different ways of using it

This in turn will lead to more ideas for everyone involved.

Conceptually diigo addresses some big problems

put simply it enskills them to use the internet in an open way

debates

things randing from validity of information to building collective knowledge as a group

add to productivity

I almost forget they are there

damn useful

these have been with me for a while

so easy

starts and ends with meta data

I explore the metaverse

a weapon of mass construction (sic)

drop pixel pins

powerful tools

then drop into a ‘lab’

prefer their phone

they make things better

is like an exoskeleton

Developing learning systems using browser power-ups

It all starts and ends with meta data

sometimes writers must work with others to collaborate on projects

or when being hired by a client for freelance work

highlight passages on web pages, add sticky notes, and share with your colleagues or you client

Diigo

reflect on my social bookmarking practices

What were the most important reasons for you to join Diigo?

I usually start going through my Diigo emails

with like-minded people

Diigo group

a very effective way to keep up to date with cutting edge practice

easier to identify people who have common interests

maximise the exchanges

easily trackable by rss

(immediate or weekly) emails

How do you manage your subscriptions?

much more potential to share

I have joined quite a few Diigo groups

manage the information according to the time available

quick check, save on Diigo or

as a reminder to read the article or the report later

send a shortcut to my computer

Key words need to be standardized

s a protocol necessary

to determine a common vocabulary

or is self-regulation best?

too restricting to regulate for a whole group

different languages

I do not think it makes any difference

Does socialbookmarking enable you to be innovative?

%20 (space) is double encoded

anyone who wants to build a local data aggregator

thrilled

Everyblock spends a lot of time curating the incoming data feeds

doubt that anyone will be able to roll out new sites too quickly

best resources for learning and curriculum development

The Best Websites for Teaching and Learning are considered the "best of the best" by AASL

innovation, creativity, active participation, and collaboration

Animoto; Classroom 2.0; Curriki; Diigo; Edublogs; Good Reads; Mindmeister; Ning; Our Story; Partnership for 21st Century Skills; Polleverywhere; Primary Access; RezED; Second Life; Simply Box; Skype; SOS for Information Literacy; Teacher Tube; VoiceThread; Wikispaces; and Zoho