WEB 2.0Tools U Can Use: Part 2

by: Tamara Connors

Diigo: Social Bookmarking

• Organize and save sites you have visited online.

• Tag articles to find again. Make lists to share.

• Educator accounts and tools

• Sticky note, highlight, and comment (live),

• “Annotate, archive and organize websites”

• Create classes or groups

Tagging

• Tagging adds a searchable tag

• In Facebook people tag photos

• In Diigo people tag topics or concepts

Brainstorm a list

• What are some tags this group might use?

Sign In

• Log in with your user name and password

Diigo Toolbar and Diigolet

• 1. Click on Tools

• 2. Click on applet:Diigolet

• 3. Right click on Diggolet button then “add to favorites.”

Quick Tour

• My Library- My Lists- My Tags

• My Network (people you follow)

• My Groups (I created or I follow)

• Community (hot Diigo bookmarks)

• Bookmark/Highlight/Sticky Note

“Try It”

• Search

• tag

• bookmark

• share with a group / add to a list

• highlight, annotate with sticky notes, comment on others annotations

Diigo Educator Account

• http://help.diigo.com/teacher-account/fa

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Free premium accounts designed for teachers.

Teacher ConsolePrint Membersfor student strips

Create a Group

Add Members

Create Student Accounts

Cofirm Account Details

Creating Lists

Settings:Group Tags

Personalize your icon

TagsNotice the path: General then Manage Members then Tags

Group Statistics

Let’s Try Annotating

Brainstorm

• How could Diigo be used in your classroom? How could teachers collaborate with Diigo? How could cross curricular activities be developed using Diigo?

NEXT Steps

• Create a Diigo Educator account

• In the Teacher Console enter Class Groups. Generate student accounts; no student email needed!

• Learn to use Diigolet .

• Bookmark/Tag/Sticky Note/ Comment

• Create Lists and share with Class Groups.

Student Accounts• With the Diigolet students can: read,

highlight, sticky note, bookmark (plus share bookmarks with the Group), and create and add to Lists.

• Members can comment on each others postings. This is a great way to give feedback and ask questions.

• The Library view shows a student all of his bookmarks and annotations. You can view this data in your Teacher Console.

For more information

• "Three Uses of Diigo in the History and Language Arts Classroom”

• Social Bookmarking Lessons and Handouts

• Can't Get Kids to Read? Make It Social

• Great Instructional Video for Diigo

• Tamara’s blog

• 7 Reasons Diigo Tastes Better Than Delicious

• Social Bookmarking in Plain English video by Commoncraft

• Teaching Social Bookmarking with Diigo Education