Introduction: Diigo is a social-bookmarking tool that provides a platform for managing and sharing web-page addresses. Also, Diigo has extra features like webpage highlighting and comments, that could aid middle school and high school research projects.
Watch the following movie to learn more about Diigo.
Diigo Examples:
(You need to open your toolbar/Diigolet to view the annotations in the second two examples)
How the e-Book Will Change the Way We Read and Write
Vocabulary Support for Students
Basic Overview:
- Students have read-only access to your Diigo account.
- Students access your Diigo with the username you selected (i.e. diigo.com/user/insttech) in the registration process.
- Students can access your Diigo webpage at school on a student computer, the library, or at home.
- The registration process includes installing the Diigo tool bar for Firefox or Internet Explorer. The tool bar allows users to easily add webpages and other information to your Diigo account.
- The Diigo tool bar can be re-installed using the links in Diigo help section.
Getting Started: Listed below are the steps for creating and using a Diigo account.
- Go to the Diigo website.
- Click on Join Diigo link at the top of the website.
- Complete the registration and tool bar installation process.
- Share your Diigo account (diigo.com/user/username) with others.
Resources:
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Diigo Video Tutorials (Topics Include: Overview, Bookmarking, Highlighting, Comments, Sticky Notes, Groups)
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A Guide to Annotating Using Diigo
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Solution Watch: Diigo: Social Bookmarking and Annotation
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Tech Crunch: Diigo is a Research Tool that Rocks
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Recommended Web Tools: Diigo Review: Robust Social Bookmarking
- Why Would Teachers Use Diigo?
- New Features in Diigo v.4 (archive of a Classroom 2.0 webinar)