Although I haven\u2019t been testing Diigo very long, I can already see the utility of it \u2013 and I wish this tool existed (and\/or I knew about it) back when I was completing my undergraduate degree.<\/p>\n
On the surface, Diigo reminds me of RefWorks (http:\/\/www.refworks.com\/<\/a>) only instead of focusing on academic papers and research; Diigo focuses on the Internet \u2013 the whole internet. RefWorks allowed me to keep the research from multiple papers organized in folders, and gave me a quick \u201cAuthor, date and title\u201d 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\u2019ve only been using it a few days, and I\u2019m hooked!<\/p>\n 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 \u2013 she\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n There are also Diigo groups, which I\u2019m excited to learn more about. There is a specific group for education here: https:\/\/groups.diigo.com\/group\/diigoineducation<\/a> . There seems to be a lot of resources around using Diigo in education, a couple of which I\u2019ve included at the bottom of this post.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Taking Diigo Beyond the Bookmark: http:\/\/www.knowthenetwork.com\/2010\/01\/taking-diigo-beyond-the-bookmark\/<\/a><\/p>\n