I guess what I am the most excited about at this point is being able to save a bookmark in one place and being able to assess it anywhere! I am always saving at school and at home regarding websites for school and for these courses. I then always e-mail the link to myself so I will have it one place or the other. I no longer I have to do this, it is wonderful!
I looked at both Delicious and at Diigo. I believe both programs would be great to use in schools. I think it would be a great tool for students to use when searching sites for a school project. If they are researching at home or at school they can just save their sites as bookmarks and continue at the next place! I have not worked with both in any great depth at this point, but after watching introduction videos they both have great tools. They both are able to tag the information to make it easier to find at a later date, along with storing and sharing bookmarks with others. I am able to find other people who have the same interests in sites as me. I am able to see what other sites people may have shared that are of an interest to me! I enjoyed finding out that Diigo is compatible with other programs without even having to open these up. Bookmarks can be marked as private if you do not want others looking at certain sites. I think my favorite part was being able to highlight areas and make comments as if I were taking notes on what I was reading. It saves these notes without having to quicky write these notes on a piece of paper.
I am so excited to add more bookmarks to my Delicious site. I only have a few in there, but I am sure it will not take long to add too many more!
I also took a look at BuddyMarks, which reminds me of a younger version of Delicious and Diigo. I signed up for the program, but once I was in I did not seem to find the site as user friendly as the two we have previously used. BuddyMarks could be used as a social bookmarking site for the younger grade levels in schools. It seems as if the site has less components to it than Delicious and Diigo, but this may seem easier than a site with many components for younger children.
Something that I didn't think of until I read your post was that students will be able to bookmark and organize no matter which computer they use. So like in a small district like mine where we share a couple labs students can change computers or work at home and still have those bookmarks available. This will help kids stay organized and with the great gadgets that Diigo comes with students won't have to worry about printing out webpages. They can just take note right on the web page and then they could share it with their partner if they have one. How great!
ReplyDeleteIn looking at any of these tools, you'll want to check out the terms of service to make sure it can be used with your age students. BuddyMarks is one that can be used for young students. I've also seen schools using Emodo which is a social networking site for schools, to act as a type of bookmarking tool.
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