Mission: Collaboration
Posted by techallen on March 24, 2008
I know some about social bookmarking sites but haven’t set one up for myself yet. I have a bookmarking site for my students, www.portaportal.com/allenmr but I can’t wait to use www.diigo.com. This social bookmarking site seems like it offers so much more and I can see huge potential for this in teaching! I love that it lets you highlight and bookmark webpages, write notes within the pages and share them with your friends. You can join groups of people that have the same interests as you and share ideas with them. I previewed the demo and then checked out the groups and I there were a lot of groups discussing web 2.0 and technology education. I thought this would also be another great place to share ideas with teachers from all over.
This could be a terrific tool for students who are working on group projects- sharing ideas and resources- learning about collaboration. This tool would be easier for a high school student than elementary but it really hits home with the concept of Web 2.0. I wish there was some sort of collaborative site that elementary students could use. Any thoughts or suggestions?
April 1st, 2008 at 6:29 am
I’m so excited about YOUR excitement of diigo! I’m with you–I think the students will love this tool for when they are doing group projects.
April 1st, 2008 at 5:27 pm
Thanks, Jean! I think it is an awesome tool and I hope to use it with my students!