Tool #1: Diigo

Type:  Social Bookmarking

Teacher:  All Levels (personal use), Upper Level (Student research projects)

Student Use:  Researching, Web2.0 Skills

Diigo is a social bookmarking site (social bookmarking expands the usability of your Internet favorites). 

• Mark Internet sites
• Create tags (increases “findability” when you want to find the site again)
• See sites that your Diigo friends are marking

I have almost 100 Diigo friends that have similar tech in ed interests as mine.  Any time they use Diigo to mark a site, I know about it … my tech in ed research has increased as I now have nearly 100 friends researching, too.

Here is a Diigo Tutorial.