Tool #5: Diigo / Social Bookmarking

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Tool #5: Social Bookmarking with Diigo

Diigo started out as a social bookmarking site, like Delicious.com: a place where you can bookmark your favorite websites so that you can access them from any Internet-connected device. It has grown to include many more functions for the collection and organizing of data of all types. It can also serve as an excellent tool for sharing information with others. To complete this tool, you must:

1.     Start a Diigo account

2.     Watch the Diigo tutorial for version V5 at http://vimeo.com/12687333

3.     Add at least 5 of your existing bookmarks

4.     Tag at least 5 bookmarks
5.  Add Diigo Toolbar to Firefox. You can do this from https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/diigo-web-highlighter-and-stic/ 

6.     Save a note, a picture, highlights from a web page, and (OPTIONAL:) an online pdf document to Diigo

7.     Make a snapshot (or capture a screenshot) of a page or partial page and annotate it with highlights, arrows, etc.This can be done through the Diigo Toolbar.

8.     Share an item with one or more people, including hilgendorfd@district279.org

Additional Diigo videos and tutorials can be found at: http://help.diigo.com/home/get-started

Optional challenge activities:

1.     Install Diigo add-on browser to your most commonly used browser (Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer). Try the features from your toolbar add-on.

2.     Download free Diigo Powernote for Android or the Diigo app for iOS devices for easier access from your mobile devices.

3.     Install Diigo Offline Reader app for iOS devices.

     Second year participant requirements:

•        Search Diigo for other people's folders that contain websites pertinent to your practice. Move any contents of such folders into your own folders and share with colleagues that might find the sites pertinent.
  

•          If you have a class doing a research project - or any project that involves web sources - have them use Diigo to create folders of resources or resources with a specific tag that they share with you. Show them how to take snapshots and annotate sites.

•      If you do not have a class, create a folder of pertinent sites and share it with colleagues.  Share resources with a specific tag.