So I created my second bookmarking account using Diigo, to use along with my current site Delicious. I like the idea of being able to update each of them, in the event one crashes. Thanks for the idea Kim! As I was watching the video on Social Bookmarking
I realized just how many resources there are out there for me to use in my classroom. The idea of Social Bookmarking is awesome! I would like to return to school and get the other 4 Math teachers to create Diigo accounts so that throughout our search of great websites we can instantly share them with each other. In searching for a video to help them understand and use Diigo, I found the following video.
In spending the last hour or so searching through Diigo I have found so many useful websites that I can use in my classroom and introduce as resources to parents and students. What I enjoy most, is that if I search for Math in yahoo, I get a variety of sites, some of which are pointless, not usefully, or hard to navigate. If I search in Diigo, I found so far, only useful and resourceful sites.
Finally, I like the idea of being at ANY computer and still having all of my bookmarks. I can remember bookmarking a ton of site in college on the library comp, and not having any of them when I got back to my dorm room. I wish I had know about this 8 years ago!
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Mike,
ReplyDeleteI had the exact same sentiments about needing Diigo about 6 years ago in college. Not only would I not be able to find the sites in my dorm room, I usually couldn't find them when I needed to write a bibliography.
I also like that you are able to customize your account. You can also organize and search it how it makes sense to you.
Mike- I'm looking forward to using Delicious and Diigo thanks to your blog. You make a great point of being able to access your bookmarks from ANY computer.
ReplyDelete@Mike - Yes! Exactly...Isn't it wonderful. And did you know that when you update a site on Delicious, it is supposed to update your diigo account as well?? Well, that is the way I understood it when someone explained it to me. If not, just export from one and import into the other and you are all set!
ReplyDeleteIt is an amazing tool, which has amazing collaborative benefits to it. When you search through the different educational groups, I am sure there are some just for middle school math. Check it out. If you want, pop into my diigo and see the groups I belong to. Maybe they might interest you!