Blackboard is finally taking their scholar function public. Bookmarking for research/instructional purposes i.e. Diigo and Delicious. Good funtionality- notes, highlighting, sharing, groups, tag clouds for classroom sharing. Blackboard kills me, they have huge market share and are just now realizing this would be a good tool, ug. Have to recognize it because so many colleges, high schools have access to it.

Different tutorials to help people learn how to use Diigo and utilize Diigo in the classroom/research/work. Made me realize I need to create more groups and share more specific examples of links with math teachers, etc.

Allows quick manipulation of a 3-D brain model with explanation of the different parts. You can look up parts of the brain or functions of the brain. If nothing else, it's interesting for an overview of brain function

Allowing students to express ideas using cartoons develops lots of skills, this site allows students to create their own cartoons and embed them in their online work as well as print. Great way for getting students to express their ideas differently.

Great mind mapping tool that allows small groups to organize their information and have a teacher provide possible feedback on connections/layers/importance.

Tag clouds that I'm using on my blog

The single best online algebra tiles applet available.

Great data and science site. I like the nice real world connections for the data. Also, great science site. Science content using interactivity and data (gotta get math involved).

Lots of different 'games' to play to reinforce vocabulary for all kinds of subjects. If a student/teacher just wants to create a list of study cards this can do it. If there is a station in your class for vocabulary development you can use this site in lots of different ways to have students practice vocabulary skills. I dare you to try the space race. It's tough!

Creates a graphic of words based on several criteria, can be used to create a graphic of vocabulary from a chapter or a graphic of tags from a class delicious account. Not an end all site, but great way for students/teachers to present a list of topics in a unique way during a presentation. I can see using this to help create a word wall activity using the interactive whiteboard.

I'm just interested in getting more members to use Diigo and Diigo groups and see what kind of feedback we can generate. Any thoughts? Any ideas for increasing membership and usage? I know Angela and I are using the group, but anyone else? (so if it's just Angela and I then who am I writing this to?)

What do you have such a strong opinion about?


martha gajdik wrote:
> Me too! Where is a conversation that I can say something about. I have such a strong opinion, I would love to share. LOL
> Roland O'Daniel wrote:
> > I'm just interested in getting more members to use Diigo and Diigo groups and see what kind of feedback we can generate. Any thoughts? Any ideas for increasing membership and usage? I know Angela and I are using the group, but anyone else? (so if it's just Angela and I then who am I writing this to?)

Not necessarily literacy, but if you are looking for some theoretical framework to justify instructional practice or rationale to support routine development in your classroom, here are many of the learning theories discussed in 'short' articles.

250 free ebooks. If you have students who are not reading for whatever reason, it's a great place to get started. Rather than not letting them experience the text, let them experience it. Get the process of appreciating storytelling even if it is audio.

FTC publishing. Greate ideas for the classroom and possibly the next generation of publishing for new authors.

If you want to be more proactive about the use of web 2.0 apps in your work, here is a nice, easy to use explanation on how to embed 'stuff' into your work. Again, easy to read, pretty easy to follow, and useful.

I'm always looking for an easy to read, easy to implement list of web2.0 applications and Wes Fryer has created another one. I encourage you to find one application/resource and explore it. Don't look at all the possibilities but don't ignore them because it is overwhelming. find one, explore and look for ways to incorporate into your instruction. If you need help, simply ask!

OK, I'm not an artist but I SEE this as a tool for writing to learn and writing to publish. I think it would allow students to express their understandings in different ways and then be able to share to a wide audience. If you have a pentab computer this would be an awesome tool to use with kids, because it's easier to export than microsoft journal drawings.