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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

Simple way to share large files

This website saves and shares PowerPoint files without the need to download the software.

"iAnnotate turns your tablet into a world-class productivity tool for reading, marking up, and sharing PDF documents, Word/PowerPoint files, and images. Every day thousands of students and professionals discover how it helps them work better. Join the more than half million users that already rely on iAnnotate to get work done. "

"Apple lists Notability as the best selling note taker of 2012! *** Notability powerfully integrates handwriting, PDF annotation, typing, recording, and organizing so you can take notes your way! Discover the freedom to capture ideas, share insights, and present information in one perfect place on iPad."

"As the character of Mark Zuckerberg popularly said in the movie "The Social Network," "People want to go online and check out their friends, so why not build a website that offers that? Friends, pictures, profiles, whatever you can visit, browse around, maybe it's someone you just met at a party. Eduardo, I'm not talking about a dating site; I'm talking about taking the entire social experience of college and putting it online." Social networking is changing the way the world is doing everything, from the way people get information to the way people communicate, and, most importantly, the way people interact. The importance and relevance of social media outlets are growing stronger with the rapid developments of technology; however, is there a strong importance for social networking profiles like Facebook? Is tweeting really an effective form of communication. And, finally, what is the importance of Flickr? The world is greatly influenced by social networking. Why not help launch yourself into the ever-changing face of the virtual world? Consider these 10 reasons on how having a social networking profile will benefit your future. 1. Staying connected with friends Social networking is the easiest way to stay in touch with old friends, friends who don't live close to you or even just roommates. 2. For means of communication Everyone has those days when they wake up without a phone or any way to communicate with the world except through social networking. You could update your social networking profile, and one of your "followers" could even help you locate your phone. 3. Keeping up-to-date on news more quickly Some social networking sites constantly update news information. This enlightens readers and social networking profile owners. 4. Achieving a more personal connection Having a social networking profile allows you to keep informed on recent happenings with people in your network. You have something to discuss with your co-workers and friends and even a

"A VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate pages and leave comments in 5 ways - using voice (with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam). Share a VoiceThread with friends, students, and colleagues for them to record comments too."

good to share with teachers who are looking for something different in teaching.

slide share on web 2.0 tools in your classroom

A slideshow about education 2.0 shared using Slideshare

The site says that: "Upload and share your PowerPoint & Keynote presentations, Word & PDF documents on SlideShare. Add audio to make a webinar. Capture leads with your presentations"

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web 2.0 in Jing can be really useful

"The best way to discover what's new in your world."

great resource for sharing ideas and posing questions!

Twitter is a great tool used by many educators. It's a great way to locate resources and share advice with other teachers.

Easy to use website for creating mind maps and organizing your ideas

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Great website for teaching resources for primary and secondary teachers. Teachers around the world share their lesson plans and worksheets. Discussions regarding education issues and job opportunities are also available on the website.

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

Comics that can be used for instruction or construction. Lots of fun too!

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

I like Shwup. Easy. Pro product. Can call for contributions from friends.