Diigo

Diigo is an on-line bookmarking website, or atleast that is how I sold it to our teachers in our district. However, it is that and so much more. Diigo allows sharing of bookmarks, commenting on posted bookmarks, groups, and even networks. It is a network of sharers of information. Diigo also has a downloadable toolbar that allows for text editing, highlighting, note taking, etc. of website pages. I think this tool can be very valuable in an educational sense. Just this past month the technology department within our district was taking up teacher laptops, blowing them away (cleaning them up), and re-loading them. The problem of on-line bookmarks came up. Our teachers were not aware of on-line bookmarking. I was a little disappointed in my self for not having pushed this harder sooner.Upon realizing this problem I sent out emails and DOT Interns to assist our teachers in getting this taken care of. Next year this will be a scheduled training that I facilitate.
Many individuals do not realize that when you bookmark only to a computer, that is where that bookmark stays. The beauty of Diigo is that no matter what computer one accesses the internet from, one can have access to their bookmarks as well.
This will hold true for students as well. We have to begin teaching our students to think globally in regards to technology, and quite often digital access is not static. Access happens in many different places for many individuals. Online tools make accessing our data when ever, where ever a much easier process.