Although I haven’t been testing Diigo very long, I can already see the utility of it – and I wish this tool existed (and/or I knew about it) back when I was completing my undergraduate degree.
On the surface, Diigo reminds me of RefWorks (http://www.refworks.com/) only instead of focusing on academic papers and research; Diigo focuses on the Internet – the whole internet. RefWorks allowed me to keep the research from multiple papers organized in folders, and gave me a quick “Author, date and title” view of the papers I had imported. Diigo lets me apply tags to the bookmarks, screenshots or highlighted text I bring in, allowing me to categorize the same item multiple ways. I’ve only been using it a few days, and I’m hooked!
I liked Diigo so much, I approached one of my co-workers would does a lot of web research and suggested she try using it. She very nicely laughed me off – she’s been using Diigo for years. Her other tool of choice is EndNote, and she tends to use them both depending on what specific project she is working on.
There are also Diigo groups, which I’m excited to learn more about. There is a specific group for education here: https://groups.diigo.com/group/diigoineducation . There seems to be a lot of resources around using Diigo in education, a couple of which I’ve included at the bottom of this post.
I think that Diigo will be an excellent tool to help me keep myself organized when researching for assignments throughout the rest of the OLTD program. I also think it would be an interesting tool to build resource areas to help jump start student projects.
Taking Diigo Beyond the Bookmark: http://www.knowthenetwork.com/2010/01/taking-diigo-beyond-the-bookmark/
Using Diigo in the Classroom: https://sites.google.com/site/team8project9440/using-diigo-in-the-classroom-2
Hey Stephanie!
I have yet to really explore Diigo but definitely think it sounds very useful and as soon as I make it through report card week I will give it a try. I love that you were so excited that you shared it with a co-worker and thanks for the added resources!
Hi Stephanie,
It sounds like you have really jumped in with Diigo and are happy to have found it. I also think it would have been nice to know about it during my undergrad degree. I can really see it being useful as a teacher and as a student. I hope you continue to find it a useful organizational tool as you go through the OLTD program.
Hi Stephanie,
I’m so glad you decided to give Diigo a try! I am enjoying it for the same reasons you mentioned. I’m realizing it’s been around for awhile, but I had no idea it existed and would have LOVED to have begun using it right in September to help me stay organized. I think it will be very helpful throughout the OLTD program, but I also believe it will be helpful outside of this program as a way to archive great lesson plan ideas and for sharing teaching resources within groups. A group I joined through Diigo that you may also want to check out is called EdTechTalk. Good luck! 🙂