This blog is no longer utilized - however I keep it up so that I can share with others what I have done within this social media course.

This was my first time teaching this course.

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Diigo

Diigo is a social bookmarking site.


Diigo is a not just a social bookmarking tool, but a research tool as well. 

Diigo can import all of your Delicious bookmarks (including tags) and that, in addition, Diigo can also automatically update your Delicious account whenever you bookmark a site using Diigo.  Diigo can improve your online research productivity.

Diigo lets you do more than just bookmark web pages online. For instance, if you install the Diigo toolbar, or toolbar button, you have the ability to highlight text and pictures in a variety of colors, or add sticky notes to a bookmarked page. With this feature you can annotate web pages with thoughts, ideas or additional information. All these notes are saved for the next time you access the saved bookmark, and anyone else you share the bookmark with, (peers or teachers), will also see your annotations. It is a great way to focus attention on a large article.  Mrs. James created a group for the 3o class.  USER NAME:  FIRST AND LAST NAME - NO SPACES Click here to find your Diigo information -  which you can change on settings.  You could also very quickly create a new account with your gmail or yahoo account.  For this class you will use the account Mrs. James created for you.  We will explore Diigo's features today - we will utilize Diigo to conduct research - as a group to create Blog Guidelines and Internet Safety.   

Diigo - What sets Diigo apart from Delicious?

Install Diigo toolbar
  • Highlighter
  • Sticky Notes 
    • What is a sticky note?
    • Where does it go? 
    • Number represents number of comments
    • Floating sticky note - Add a floating note to this page - Comment Icon 
  • GO OVER FOUR TABS
    • My library
      • Read later
      • Bookmarks
      • Images
      • Notes
      • My Tags
      • My Lists 
    • My Network
      • Shows people you follow 
      • By following people, you can get useful items from people you trust. 
    • My Groups 
      • Share your bookmarks 
    • Community 
  • My Lists
    • Create a list
  • Import Delicious bookmarks
  • Hot Bookmarks from the Diigo Community
  • Email updates from group
  • Help feature 
  • Send to blog
  • Save to Delicious

Mrs. James - thoughts --
I LOVE this tool! You can create lists (with their own website to share with others), so when you highlight information, you can add it to a specific list - example Recipes.  Find a favorite recipe - just highlight it.  Just highlight information on a website and diigo copies the text as well as the site where you highlighted.  You can also save any picture with just  click. I LOVE THIS SITE!!!  Students can utilize this tool to conduct research - to share their findings - I will utilize this tool when the students have to conduct research about Being a Socially Responsible Web Tool Digital Citizen, and Internet Safety