Diigo: A Storage System

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Diigo has several great purposes. To begin, Diigo can be used in the educational world to provide links for students. For example, it could be used for students to find documents, videos, teacher notes, etc. By teachers providing one area where students can find information, this will reduce the frustration students can have when searching several websites for what they need when completing a lesson. 

Annotating

The annotating tool can help teachers point out important parts of a webpage. For example, if you find a great example for your students on a website, and you don't want them searching through a lengthy page, you can annotate the information you want them to view. Overall, you can highlight the important information, and it will show up below the link to the website.

Training/Sharing

Diigo can be used for training purposes. When someone is creating a training for a group, they could place all the links from the presentation into this library and share the library with the trainees. This would provide the people being trained the opportunity to review important resources which can help increase their mastery of the material. For example, if you are the lead science teacher, you may have a curriculum map, how to videos, instructions, etc. You could use Diigo to share this information with your colleagues. 

Personal Use

This tool can be used for personal learning because a person can store resources as they find them. There are several resources available in the virtual world and many websites and notes can be lost, but this would be great for storing these resources. You would be able to take notes through the annotation tool, and you would be able to view these notes later. Overall, Diigo is a great storage tool that allows you to annotate specific areas of websites that are important, and this can help someone stay organized, so learning can take place.

Check out the Cost: https://www.diigo.com/premium/pricing_table_details (There is a free version.)



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