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Using Diigo to Help Students Manage Internet Research. Presented by John “Charlie” Keene. Objectives. After today’s presentation, you will be able to: Set up a Diigo account to manage bookmarks in the cloud Annotate websites using the Diigolet - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Using Diigo to Help Students Manage Internet Research

Presented by John “Charlie” Keene

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Objectives

After today’s presentation, you will be able to: Set up a Diigo account to manage

bookmarks in the cloud Annotate websites using the Diigolet See possibilities for how Diigo could be

used in your classroom

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Overview

These are the topics that we will cover in today’s presentation: What is Web 2.0? Why are Web 2.0

technologies good? What is Diigo? What do users need in order

to use Diigo? Getting started with Diigo The Diigolet Using the Diigolet Bookmarking and tagging

The importance of tagging Some limitations of the

Diigolet Trying it out Observations? Possible applications of

Diigo Editing bookmarks General Feedback

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What is Web 2.0?

Web 2.0 refers to websites and technologies that are interactive rather than static – they involve users

This means that these resources are created and maintained collaboratively by a group of users rather than by one single entity

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Why are Web 2.0 Technologies Good?

The fact that Web 2.0 applications and websites can be edited by users means that they tend to be updated frequently

The collaborative aspect of these applications encourages students to work together to manage information or solve problems (see the 4 Cs)

When students contribute to a body of knowledge, it empowers them to seek opportunities to be involved in authentic learning opportunities on their own

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What is Diigo?

Diigo is a social bookmarking service that allows users to keep an online catalogue of bookmarks

This allows users to access their saved bookmarks from any device with an internet connection

Diigo also provides a toolbar application, the Diigolet, that allows users to highlight text and put sticky notes on many webpages

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What do Users Need in order to Use Diigo?

Internet access An email address A modern internet browser such as

Chrome or Safari Internet Explorer can cause issues, especially

on the school desktop computers A topic of interest

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How do I Get Started with Diigo?

First, you will need to access the internet with a modern browser like Chrome or Safari If your computer doesn’t have one of these

options for a browser, you can download them by doing an internet search for the name of the browser. Follow the steps on the website

Once you are online, go to https://www.diigo.com

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Getting Started with Diigo Continued

After the Diigo website loads, click “sign up” in the upper right-hand corner of the page; choose a free educator plan

You will be prompted to fill out a form to create a Diigo account

You can also create a Diigo account by signing in through a pre-existing account with Facebook, Twitter, Google, or Yahoo

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Getting Started with Diigo Continued

After you have completed the form, you will be prompted to verify your email address by clicking a link in an email Diigo has sent to you Open a new tab or browser window, access your email, and click on the link

Your account is now active, but you need to get the Diigolet in order to really start working

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The Diigolet

The Diigolet is a toolbar add-on that allows you to interact with text on websites and add sites to your library with the click of a button

When you are signed in at Diigo.com, there will be a placeholder for your profile picture in the upper right-hand corner of the screen next to the button that says “Go Premium”; there is also a downward facing arrow

Place the mouse cursor over the placeholder and select “Tools” from the menu that drops down

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The Diigolet Continued

The “Tools” page brings up many different add-ons and extensions that may be useful at a later date; for now we are only interested in the Diigolet The Diigolet should be the very first option on the page in the section marked “Bookmarklets”

The page that opens should include directions for the browser that you use to open the page; if you need options for another browser, click on “Diigolet for other browsers…” in the lower right-hand corner of the screen

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The Diigolet Continued

Follow the directions that appear on the screen

For Chrome or Safari, you will simply click and drag the button that says “Diigolet” up to your bookmark or toolbar, where it should stay as a bookmark

If your toolbar or bookmark bar does not show in Chrome, press “Command+Shift+B”

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Using the Diigolet

Now that the Diigolet is in your bookmarks bar, click on it

A miniature toolbar will show up with several options for how you can interact with a web page

Note that you must click the Diigolet button each time you open a new page for the toolbar to appear

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Using the Diigolet Continued

“Bookmark” adds the current page to your Diigo library; a dialog box will open prompting you to add a personal note about the page and to add “tags” to your bookmark (more on this later) “Sticky Note” pops up a virtual sticky note on the page for you to make annotations; you can click and drag the sticky note around on the page

“Highlight” allows you to highlight text on a web page with your choice of four different colors

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Using the Diigolet Continued

“Read Later” adds the current page to your library but designates it as a web page that is unread You can view your unread items by clicking on the

“Filter” button in your library and selecting “Unread”

“Share” allows you to post the webpage to a social media site or get an “annotated link” to post or send to someone. An “annotated link” is a shortened form of

the URL that you can post or send Annotated links from Diigo include your

highlights and sticky notes for others to see

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Using the Diigolet Continued

“Diigo” drops down a menu that allows you to access different parts of your own Diigo account or sign out of Diigo The “Hot Bookmark” option in this menu shows

you webpages that are currently being frequently bookmarked by users; this is sort of the equivalent of something “trending” on Twitter

“Go Premium” is an option for you to pay to upgrade your account with more options

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Bookmarking and Tagging

When you bookmark a page in Diigo, a dialog box comes up that asks you to provide more information about the page before adding it to your library

First, you have the option to change the title of the bookmark as it appears in your library, although the web page’s name is the default for this

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Bookmarking and Tagging Continued

Underneath the title are four checkboxes that give you additional options for how to store and use the bookmarks: “Private” – Checking this box means that Diigo will not

include this website from your library in searches that other users conduct; I recommend that you do not check this often

“Unread” – Checking this box means that Diigo will add this to your library as an unread page

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Bookmarking and Tagging Continued

Bookmark checkbox options continued:

“Twitter this” – Checking this means that Diigo will automatically sent out a tweet with a link to this site if your twitter account is linked to Diigo

“Upload Cache” – Checking this box means that Diigo will save the current version of the web page in your library, and that you then may have access to old versions of the page

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Bookmarking and Tagging Continued

There is a space for you to write a description of the page so that you can remember if there is particular information you need, etc.

Finally there is a space for you to include tags for the page

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The Importance of Tagging

Tags are essentially key words associated with a web page that make it easier for others to find these websites when searching for specific information

Tag-based searches rely on user tags to determine if the search terms match the content of a website as determined by people, as opposed to searching how often the search terms show up on a given web page

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The Importance of Tagging

Tagging is important for student research for several reasons: Searching using tags allows students to find

information that has been designated by other people as being related to a topic, making it easier for students to find relevant information on a topic

Tags can also help students to organize or search their Diigo library

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The Importance of Tagging

Tagging is important for student research for several reasons: Tagging and sharing websites allows students to

collaborate with each other either directly on group projects

Ideally, stressing the importance of tagging will cause students to feel empowered to research topics of interest because they are able to authentically participate in a larger, global conversation about them

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The Importance of Tagging

Recommended tags will always show up based on what tags other users have added to a site and based on the key words that show up often on the site

Adding a tag is easy: simply type in the key word or words that you think describe the site’s content and/or the words you think others will use to search for the site’s content

Diigo creates a new tag every time there is a space between words; to create a multiple word tag, simply enclose the phrase you want to add in quotation marks

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Some Limitations of Using the Diigolet

The Diigolet does not work with many online resources such as academic databases or password-protected journals

The Diigolet will work with most but not all websites

The Diigolet may be very slow on older computers or with browsers like Internet Explorer

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Trying it Out

Now that you are set up to use Diigo and the Diigolet, try it out on several websites

Try exploring websites that have to do with your personal interests, especially ones that contain information you will want to access again

Some sample topics:

News/Current EventsRecipesSportsEntertainment

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Observations?

What did you think of using Diigo? Was it easy to use? Did you think it would be helpful for personal or professional use?

What possible applications of Diigo can you see in your classroom? For what purposes do you think it would work best?

What parts of Diigo were difficult or annoying to use? Are there any issues that you think would also be problematic for students?

Please discuss the following questions with some of the people sitting near you:

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Possible Applications of Diigo

Homework assignments could require students to read an article or blog online and make annotations of the reading using Diigo to prepare for in-class discussions

Students could create annotated bibliographies as they do internet research by using virtual sticky notes

Teachers could mark up a webpage with highlighting and discussion questions in sticky notes, either as reading for an in-class discussion or for blog post response

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Editing Bookmarks

You can edit your bookmarks by placing the curser near the name of the bookmark in your library

A series of symbols will appear on the right-hand side of the screen on the same line as the bookmark’s name

Place the curser over the symbol to find out what each one does. The options are to preview, edit, delete, or send the bookmark to someone

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General Feedback

Thank you for participating in today’s workshop! Please send me an email ([email protected]) with the following feedback:1. One thing that you took away from this workshop that will be applicable in your classroom2. One criticism you have of either the presentation or of using Diigo in general3. Any other general comments or other observations you would like to share