I. Responses to Diigo questions
- Describe the 3 steps to recommend in the film to get started social bookmarking?
a. “Driigo is a great tool while reading online.” Good for highlighting and annotating (adding comments to) web pages online.
b. Has a new list feature to organize and display specific collections of bookmarks. Sidebar helps you find things easier.
c. You can maintain social contacts with friends. Using social bookmarking, you can see what friends like and what they tag. Common interests can be noted.
- Describe Web 2.0, and how it differs from previous stages of the web? It helps you connect with people sharing specific interests. You can use it to check out what friends are looking at. You can click “Communities” and “common stuff”. There is a forum for group collaboration and discussion. You can send messages to friends. It is more powerful tool than existing social bookmarking services for research and sharing with community.
- What is social bookmarking and what advantages does social bookmarking offer that traditional storage and retrieval of web sites does not? Driigo has added social network features and delivers content specifically tailored to interests.
II. Diigo posting
1. For a browser, I most often use Internet Explorer. I never liked Netscape Navigator. I’m not very adventurous, and I haven’t tried many different browsers. I have recently downloaded Firefox for this class. It is good but I’ve had trouble with computer memory (leads to crashes).
2. “Browsers add-ons” are added to the existing browser. Add-ons make it easier to access, read, organize and store information on the computer. They are very popular, because they are easy to install and to use. . I don’t have enough memory on this computer to run many add-ons.
3. Of course I have Java, necessary to run FSU Blackboard.Safari is necessary to manage I-Tunes. These seem to take a lot of space on my hard drive. I use Adobe flash for games. I think Google is an add-on. I use that extensively. Also Microsoft ClipArt gallery. I don’t do much adding on because I generally have a problem with memory on this computer.
III. Blog response
What I did: I did the reading and answered the questions. I registered for Driigo.I began building my Driigo library/archive. There is now a toolbar on my computer for Diigo.
What I learned: I learned how to search for groups that are within my interest. I chose several groups to join and to read their regular postings. I chose topics related to Education, Health and Wellness, Tech nology, Special Education, Music.
NETS- T: This activity is aligned with:
-Standard 3a, which requires teachers to "demonstrate fluency in technology systems and the transfer of current knowledge to new technologies and situations." This is a current technology system. We are required to learn about new technology and to use it in building our blogs.
-Standard 5d, which states that teachers are to contribute to the effectiveness, vitality, and self-renewal of the teaching profession..." Reading brings new and current thoughts and tends to re-vitalize me.
How It Can be Used: I will be adding to this library regularly. The postings are brief, but very informative. They add to my base of knowledge of current issues related to my field.
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