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jlongmuir

How Using Diigo helps students- YouTube video - 4 views

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    Skip to 1:50 to hear a testimonial about how one student is using Diigo to study and stay organized.
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    Always good to hear what students have to say. 0:)
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    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.
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    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.
Cecilia Mezzomo

Diigo Versus Pinterest: The Student Perspective - 1 views

  • seemed more academic.
  • being a site mainly for women
    • Cecilia Mezzomo
       
      Really? Never thought of that before! 
  • simpler and more basic also more academic.
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    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.
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    Not mention Pinterest is really cumbersome to use with students unless you share an account. its really great for teachers to share ideas though!
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    I think that Diigo is more academic. Pinterest is nice when we want ideas for an activity, but not for discussions or serious texts.
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    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.
jlongmuir

12 Reasons Teachers should use Diigo - 4 views

  • Diigo has tools that encourage students to collaborate with others to analyse, critique and evaluate websites.
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    12 Reasons to Consider Using Diigo in the Classroom
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    Jenn! Great find! I love the chart of Bloom's mixed with Social Bookmarking. I am really starting to see how this tool can be used in the classroom.
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    I really appreciate the chart as well. Thank you for sharing this useful link!
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    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!
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    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.
raquelgruner

Using Diigo in the Classroom - 1 views

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    This article talks about how and why teachers and students should to use Diigo in the classroom.
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    Nice step - by - step for teachers like us! 0:)
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    Slides 40 & 41 have great classroom suggestions.
Candace Michalyca

What Do Students Learn by Using Social Bookmarking Site Diigo? - 1 views

  • So, what exactly are the advantages of having students use this social bookmarking tool? First, they are in the exploratory phase of their research projects. They’re still trying to figure out what good topics are, so in order to not have them wondering alone in this process, I have them sharing ideas. Diigo allows for students to share bookmarks with each other in a group area. All of the sites saved in the group show up for all to see.
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      Students here can share resources with notes on how it relates to topic being studied. This is very practical for online research with large classes as it will eventually cut down search time dramatically as resources are shared.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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?
Cecilia Mezzomo

Lesson Plans - Student Learning with Diigo - 3 views

  • lesson ideas on how to incorporate Diigo into your subject area.
  • help students develop and improve skills in communication, organization, and classification
  • Language Arts: Teaching a Lesson Using Diigo In this lesson students will use Diigo to look at three different websites, each containing a different poem. On each site students will highlight and explain a different piece of information from the poem. Students will synthesize three different explanations about the poem and post their explanation on the forum on the Diigo group’s homepage.
    • Cecilia Mezzomo
       
      Great idea! 0:)
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    Lesson Plans using Diigo. Hey teachers, don`t miss out these ideas! 0:)
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    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!
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    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.
Lexi Pardee

An "Old Math Dog" Learning New Tricks - 1 views

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

Diigo V4: Research ~ annotate, archive, organize on Vimeo - 0 views

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

Using Diigo in the Middle School Classroom | Mrs. D's Flight Plan - 3 views

  • It’s important to let students “play” and discover when learning a new tool.
    • jlongmuir
       
      I just LOVE the idea of students using sticky notes to summarize/paraphrase their understanding.  
  • They were excited, and were planning out their next steps.  “Summarize the text on the sticky note, copy my “jot” notes into a Google Doc to edit, and post the final project on my blog.”
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  • My next step is to have students create their own groups as we move into shared readings and collaborative projects.  Within these groups, they can set up a topic and have discussions,
    • Kevin Crouch
       
      Students creating their own groups for collaborative research.  What about book talks?
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    An easy-to-follow blog about how one teacher introduced and used Diigo in her middle school classroom for research assignment.
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    This really shows how much Diigo can help students (and teachers!) stay organized. We all spend a lot of time trying to find something...we once saw...somewhere online. No more of that with Diigo!
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    I like the comment: "No more mess of papers that I can't find. Everything for my project is here". We have to teach students to get organized, and Diigo works really well for this purpose! 0;)
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    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.
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    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.
moniquelbeck

Free Technology for Teachers: Diigo Teacher Accounts - 0 views

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    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.
moniquelbeck

Diigo - Web 2.0 Tools - New Possibilities for Teaching and Learning - Confluence - 0 views

  • All of this information is also saved online and can be accessed by any computer or browser, including cell phones with browsing capabilities.
moniquelbeck

Diigo in the Classroom - YouTube - 2 views

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

Must Have Tool for Educators- Diigo - A Classroom Friend - EdTechReview™ (ETR) - 0 views

  • teachers who have more than one section of a class can initiate collaboration among all their sections. Students can use Diigo to create annotations on useful websites, and save the websites to groups or lists. Other students, even in other sections, can see the annotations made by other students. Students can even comment and respond to others. Here, Diigo creates a communication channel between sections that would otherwise not be easy to create.
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    How to use Diigo in the classroom - more in depth ideas.
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    Later, when students need to document their sources, Diigo can be used to recall website URLs for citing sources.
Lexi Pardee

Blogging About The Web 2.0 Connected Classroom: Why Diigo Rocks! - 1 views

  • One of the most powerful features is the tagging. Basically, if I save Google.com and don't tag it, I will have to remember the name of the site or something in the address. That can be tough when you start to get 1000-2000 saves like I do. Trying to remember exactly the name of a site I want to share just isn't going to happen. Instead I use tags. With tags I can categorize my saves.
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    An easy to read explanation of why Diigo is the best social bookmarking tool. Focused on using Diigo in the classroom and for educators.
Kevin Crouch

Shelley Wight, Diigo, and Symbaloo! | École Kwantlen Park Creative Commons - 1 views

  • Diigo is a social bookmarking website. “Diigo” is an acronym for Digest of Internet Information, Groups and Other Stuff. Diigo allows users to bookmark and tag entire web pages, or even specific paragraphs. The Diigo homepage is a play on cloud based organisation, or the more traditional mind maps. As you can see, Diigo saves and organised files using thematic categorizations.
  • Students might use Diigo accounts for a specific project, or a teacher could create a Diigo account to provide specific material or websites to an entire classroom.
    • Kevin Crouch
       
      Good idea here too.
  • Diigo can be used on a variety of desktop browsers, iPhones, Androids and iPads.
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    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.
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