Authors: Rachel Bold and Clif Mims

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Introduction

Diigo is an excellent took for teacher/educators as both a collaborative resource between themselves and their students, their fellow teachers, and/or parents. While there are several options for social bookmarking, Diigo (specifically version 3.0) is one of the better tools currently available, and this page focuses soley on its use in education. For a complete overview of social bookmarking, popular providers, what Diigo is, how to use Diigo, and links to other educational uses for social bookmarking see the Social Bookmarking module in this wiki.

Evolution of Bookmarking

Description (Video coming soon. Watch this space.)

Getting Started

• Wikipedia's overview of social bookmarking
• Video overview and tutorial
• Diigo: Improving How We Find, Share, and Save Information

Why Would Teachers (and Learners) Use Diigo?

• Conversation on Diigo's Discussion Board
• Blog Comments
• Diigo the Web for Education - From TeleGatherer to TelePlanter with Diigo

Demonstrations/Examples of Diigo Use

• Using tags during lesson planning (Video coming soon. Watch this space.)
• Groups
  • Special topics seminar group (Teaching and Learning with Web 2.0)
  • Clif's Notes on Educational Technology
  • Clif's Notes on Instructional Design
  • Clif's Notes for Grad Students
• Diigo Capabilities Chart - created by Miguel Guhlin

Ongoing Conversation

Notes, resources, ideas, activities, etc., related to this topc can be posted here by anyone in an effort to continue the conversation.

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