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.