ASB Online Academy - Learning with Web 2.0 Tools - April2014

Skip to 1:50 to hear a testimonial about how one student is using Diigo to study and stay organized.

It is good to hear what students garner from using social media for educational projects and learning purposes. The Diigo comment was very interesting as I was not aware of the ease of the highlighting feature mentioned. In addition, it is great to hear that more students are using Twitter as an online information tool for learning and not just for entertainment purposes. I think this exercise would be very valuable as a reflective tool for students and teachers at the end of a unit or semester.

I was at a conference on 1:1 computing last year (Innovate 2013), and one of the presenters, Will Richardson, said that EVERY teacher should spend at least 5-10 minutes a day on Twitter. I thought that was interesting. I'm not sure I'd go to that extreme, but it was making the extreme statement that made his point. He recommended it for the constant professional development it offers. If you use it to sign up for twitter feeds on professional topics, the best articles, links, etc. will come your way in a steady stream.

Interesting to have in mind the students`perspective... Not sooo related to the topic, but good food for thought about how students feel about using a certain social network.

I think that Diigo is more academic. Pinterest is nice when we want ideas for an activity, but not for discussions or serious texts.

It's interesting that AASL (The American Association of School Librarians) chose Pinterest for one of their "best Websites for teaching and learning" but not Diigo. Sometimes I think their choices are more about flashiness than about content, although I do love some of their choices.

12 Reasons to Consider Using Diigo in the Classroom

I love the Bloom's chart as well, and this is a great resource for the classroom. I can easily see that I am in the Applying phase of the learning process at this point!

I've read this article before. I think Diigo helps students to learn how to research and find reliable sources. Everybody that uses Diigo will use the tools provided by it and realize that they are useful. Students will work collaboratively.

This article talks about how and why teachers and students should to use Diigo in the classroom.

Nice step - by - step for teachers like us! 0:)

Slides 40 & 41 have great classroom suggestions.

This course of bookmarking allows students easy access to information using any device and by not necessarily bound by school server or other sometimes limiting means of data gathering when traveling abroad and trying to complete work.

This is such a good habit to get into. Students also practice their summarization skills, as they are to write 2-3 sentence summaries for each website they save.

I really like the idea of students using Diigo and their posted resources to guide a discussion group. Similar to what we are doing here, correct? What does it mean in this article when it says that a discussion is not threaded?

Lesson Plans using Diigo. Hey teachers, don`t miss out these ideas! 0:)

This example will work well in a social studies class where students have to compare and synthesis different historical perspectives on one topic or event. There are great ideas shared on this site. Thanks!

Speaking of lesson plans, I once observed a teacher using Diigo to have students post research questions raised by a reading online. The teacher then went through the questions with the class and discussed their merits.

This is a blog I have referenced before for math resources, but now I can see clearly how this math teacher uses Diigo. Diigo is such a focused way to search for content!

A cool example of using Diigo RSS feeds embedded in a website to maintain a running list of ideas. I hadn't seen this before.

Soooooo many great links! I think I could use some of these for younger grades too! Thanks, Lexi!!

Video explaining how to use Diigo. Very good to be used in the classroom, to show students how it works.

An easy-to-follow blog about how one teacher introduced and used Diigo in her middle school classroom for research assignment.

Many students currently use the sticky note feature on laptops for keeping information but this takes organization to a completely new level. I can see where the initial process of setting things up can be time consuming and clunky, but as with any technology tool, students soon could really use Diigo to keep notes and information in one accessible place.

I can see how accounts for elementary students could be set up under a teacher account, but I like Ms. D's idea that older students create their own accounts so that they always have access to their information.

Free teacher accounts allow teachers to create student accounts with minimal student information. In addition, this brilliant resource allows students to track their research from year to year without the need of carting books from home to school.

Several literary study ideas are shared in this video. Connecting with classrooms around the world to participate in book studies sounds groovy!

How to use Diigo in the classroom - more in depth ideas.

Later, when students need to document their sources, Diigo can be used to recall website URLs for citing sources.

An easy to read explanation of why Diigo is the best social bookmarking tool. Focused on using Diigo in the classroom and for educators.

Shelly Wright shares her views on using Diigo and similar tools to support student and teacher learning and collaboration. I found this approach interesting as she has determined that students can take advantages of searching for information and learning directly from professionals in more meaningful practical ways in comparison to reading a text and reciting information with less affect.