Monday, January 30, 2012

Tool 2-Diigo Social Bookmarking

Social bookmarking is a fabulous way to save all your bookmarks in one location that you can access anywhere from the web. Here is mine http://www.diigo.com/user/bmalapan

It is also a great tool to use with students. You can share bookmarks with others in your network, highlight passages on the web, and make sticky notes. You can also import all your bookmarks from Delicious, which I highly recommend. Once you go Diigo, you will never go back! Watch the video below to see how it works.


Educators can create an educator account so they will be advertisement free and teachers can create groups. Click GET STARTED NOW on this page http://www.diigo.com/ After you have an account, you will go back to http://www.diigo.com/ and ask for an educator upgrade if you wish!

Once you've created a Diigo account, add and tag some of your favorite websites. Post your Diigo username in COMMENTS below (mine is bmalapan), then, once other people have started posting their Diigo usernames, add a few of your colleagues to your network. You can add me first just to see how it works. When you're finished, create a post on your blog and reflect on your Diigo experience. Do you see this as a useful tool? Would you actually use this? How could it be helpful in a school setting?

Other useful links:
http://help.diigo.com/

Diigo V5: Collect and Highlight, Then Remember!

http://www.diigo.com/learn_more/collaborate

28 comments:

  1. fgodlewski is my diigo username

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  2. azlizard22 is my diigo user name. havent added anything else yet though....
    lisa

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    1. Okay, so I signed up for the Diigo bookmarks. I think it is a really cool tool, but I didnt want to import all 6oo of my personal bookmarks for the world to see... I couldnt figure out how to import only a few categories without having to individually un-check everything. I simply bookmarked a few of my pages that i frequent. I may add all of my bookmarks eventually. I like how easy it is to bookmark and tag at the same time to categorize it. I also think it would be a fabulous tool for sharing educational sites with my colleagues. It would be interesting to see what sites other Spanish teachers find useful for their classroom. I wonder if there is a way to make some of the tags "private" and some of the tags "public"--i just dont like the idea of people looking at my financial or other personal bookmarks.

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    2. yes if you go to EDIT next to the url for your bookmark, you can make individual ones private:)

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    3. i can't find you on diigo azlizard22

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    4. i had to delete the account and set up again...it still should be azlizard22 though...let me check it out and get back to you

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    5. http://www.diigo.com/user/azlizard22

      yeah..i just went to the site...maybe you just happened to check it when i had it deleted before i set it up again the second time.....(-;

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    6. one other question--- since amphi wont let me install the toolbar at the top...how do i import my current bookmarks that i have on my CDO computer? i was able to do it at home because i could install the toolbar...but i dont see how to do it here at school....

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  3. username is rsverdrup@amphi.com

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  4. I was able to add fgodlewski but I cannot add you, Beth.
    Do I use your amphi email?

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    1. bmalapan is my username i am following you now

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  5. Wow! I really like this! This will be a great tool for my IB kids to have a lot of linked web information at their finger tips! I practiced by setting up an account (amycislak) for my 10th grade students to have some AIMS practice links. Any time we can get important information to students, it is a GREAT thing!! Thanks for this neat tool Beth!

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  6. yes i love it and I think kids will too:)

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  7. I've had a Delicious account for years and imported all my bookmarks to Diigo...here's the link to my account:
    http://www.diigo.com/user/jenniemadden

    I have it set as one of the tabs that open when I open a browser, so it's always ready for me to add something quickly.

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  8. Beth, My user name is mjae1248

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  9. http://www.diigo.com/user/hreynolds
    I tried to apply for the educator upgrade, but the computer here at CDO is behaving badly (big surprise, I know). I'll try it from home. I bookmarked the pdf you sent with the book lists and common core alignments. Good to have since we’ll be immersed in it come August.
    I like the idea of using diigo when students are doing research. This way, they don't have to worry about losing sight of a link for their works cited pages - an invaluable tool for plagiarism issues, etc.

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  10. yes i think it is an awesome too:)

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  11. Hi Beth!
    My name is jsdiigo.

    Joy

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  12. Hi Beth
    My name is jmc31565
    Julie

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  13. My username in diigo is sherigimlin...all one word.

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