Social+Bookmarking+(Diigo)

= Social Bookmarking =

Previously, if you liked a website you would bookmark it using your web browser such as Internet Explorer; which means you can only access those bookmarked websites on the same computer you bookmarked them on. Social Bookmarking sites, like [|delicious] and [|diigo], let you store your bookmarks online.

Using social bookmarking, you and your students can:
 * save links to your favorite sites and access them from any computer connected to the Internet
 * share your favorite sites with others
 * "tag" sites to index and organize them for easy retrieval
 * see what others have chosen to save related to your topic of interest
 * highlight and annotate sites you've saved (diigo)

This video explains the main concepts behind social bookmarking using the delicious social bookmarking site. The diigo service lets you do the same.

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See @http://livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit/9665 for additional background and tutorials about social bookmarking.

**Getting Started With Social Bookmarking** Diigo information will be shared here, but delicious is another social bookmarking service worth exploring. Many educators prefer diigo because of the enhanced features of being able to save highlights and annotations on web pages.


 * How to set up a diigo account
 * Information on setting up an educator account, allowing you to easily create private student accounts with limited ads; FAQs about the educator account and student settings
 * Diigo tour - use the links on the left for an overview of the tools in diigo
 * ** [|John Larkin's] ** "How to" manuals show more detailed information about how to [|set up a diigo account]
 * Video on how to bookmark websites

Education Applications
Highlighting and Using Sticky Notes - a teacher's video example Mrs. Huff's English classes - example of how a teacher uses Diigo on a blog [] Presentation on a variety of ways to use diggo in education Overview of diggo classroom applications with examples A teacher discusses her use of diigo in her history and language arts classes Handouts and information about ways to use diigo with students

Choose one of the following:

 * 1) ====Set up a diigo educator account. Select a topic and bookmark 5-10 sites related to that topic that you would like to use with students. Tag all of these sites with the same tag (ex., //recycling//). Add annotations and/or highlights to some of the sites. Save the sites as public. On Assignment #1, include the **link** to this set of sites and discuss how you could use them with your students.====
 * 2) ====Set up a diigo educator account and student accounts. Create and teach a lesson in which students use diigo to collaborate based on the content of instruction. On Assignment #1, discuss how your students used the accounts and provide a **link** to an example.====