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"Classroom Collaboration Using Social Bookmarking Service Diigo * ShareShare * RecommendLog in to Recommend by Michael F. Ruffini Published on Tuesday, September 27, 20110 Comments Classroom Collaboration Using Social Bookmarking Service Diigo By Michael F. Ruffini * Social bookmarking websites enhance and improve the learning experience by encouraging group collaboration and making organizing and saving web resources faster and easier for students. * Social bookmarking services offer greater scope for research, integration, and collaboration compared to the more traditional bookmarking applications such as browsers, which offer limited functionality. * Among social bookmarking services, Diigo has features and functions that make it useful for the classroom, giving instructors tools for setting up groups of students, highlighting key information, and commenting. Classroom collaboration is an area that benefits directly from today's Internet experience in that students can develop their potential for learning by becoming more actively involved. Indeed, they can learn to approach and solve problems by collaborating with other students and their teachers. Social bookmarking websites give them opportunities to discover and organize information. While many social bookmarking sites offer some collaboration opportunities, I have found that Diigo (Digest of Internet Information, Groups and Other stuff) combines a user-friendly social platform with bookmarking features, making it an effective research, integration, and collaboration tool for use in the classroom. In this article, I compare the benefits of traditional and social bookmarking websites. Then, using Diigo as a focus, I explore the possible uses and benefits of social bookmarking for research and collaboration in the classroom. Traditional Bookmarking Teachers and students routinely use the Internet for archiving, organizing, and sharing information associated with their research and

Very informative about web 2.0. Good resource

The Web 2.0 Research Projects aimed to identify how teachers and students can benefit from Web 2.0 technologies, and provide practical guidance based on examples of actual use in Victorian schools.

The Guru of 2.0 and cover many many aspects

The Guru of 2.0 and cover many many aspects

"Bringing Social Media and Web 2.0 into the Classroom Brett McLennan and Christine Evely, Australian Centre for the Moving Image January 2010, Online Professional Learning Program for Teachers Web 2.0 and social media tools are becoming increasingly important tools to assist teachers in providing key learning for today's students. This session examined social media trends and provided participants with an understanding of the impact social media tools have both inside and outside the classroom. The session focussed on classroom strategies for both integrating the use of social media into the curriculum and linking it to traditional forms of classroom practice."

Article on the integration of Web 2.0 applications into education. It has some specific applications for Web 2.0 in education.

This website explores how web 2.0 technologies are used in education. Blogging, podcasting, media sharing and lots more that can be used in the classroom!

this is a power point about how web technologies are shaping

For those of you who do not know what Web 2.0 means. Here is the "What is Web 2.0" article by Tim O'Reilly the guy who coined the term.

Web2.0 Examples of Good Practice

This provides a Prezi presentation about Web 2.0 in the classroom

Classroom 2.0 is a free, community-supported network for those interested in Web 2.0 and Social Media in education.

this is a power point on web.2.0 teaching tools

This blog lists Web 2.0 websites and webtools that have potential for use in college and university education.

University of Maryland 2010 paper on benefits of Web 2.0 in education

University of Maryland 2010 paper on benefits of Web 2.0 in education

interesting article on web 2.0 and how it can be used in education

Student experiences of using web 2.0 for learning

This is good because it gives the student perspective

students experiences in using web 2.0 in learning

This website provides a number of Web 2.0 sites that are relevant or useful to education ranging from sites like Moodle to online tutoring sites.

Feedmyapp is a website that provides a list of different types of educational appliances that can be used to help find information in new ways.

179 Web 2.0 Education Apps provided here!!

The Kodu Pilot provided teachers with an opportunity to explore a very new Web 2.0 teaching and learning tool. Although activities were often stymied by technology problems, the outcomes for lower achieving students in particular has been very positive and in many cases unexpected. Importantly, it has taken many of the teachers to a new level of thinking in regard to working with their students. This is reflected in many of the comments from teachers but exemplified through the following thoughts from teachers in special settings, who feel the program has taught them: 'Not to underestimate the learning that can take place, even in students with learning difficulties'. 'Students will surprise you - expect the unexpected. Students are resilient and can work with a less than perfect environment ... if they are really interested and engaged'. 'I need to keep looking for new ways to help my students find their talents'.

New technology "Kodu" which is a new platform for learning

As the title suggests this web page contains a brief overview of what Web 2.0 is.

A simple overview of the pros and cons of web 2.0 being used in the classroom