Introduction to Diigo

Here's an compilation of information that might help you if you are in the process of discovering and using Diigo for yourself and with your students.

I am using Diigo in ETL523 to share (curate) links that are of interest in relation to the various topics we cover in this course. Keeping up-to-date in relation to Digital Citizenship is a key skill for teachers and teacher librarians, particularly in light of the constant change that is taking place either in the services (such as Facebook) or in school, state or national policies that impact on online environments.

Diigo is a social bookmarking service - a way to collect weblinks and 'tag' them with words to help organise your information finds! You can learn more about 'tagging'  and the ideas behind social bookmarking at ED-Online (I made this for library workshop a couple of years ago).

Blog link: Tagging and Bookmarking

What is Diigo?



So what has Diigo got to offer us in schools?

First up - we can get a Diigo Educator account. These are special premium accounts provided specifically to K-12 & higher-ed educators. Once your Diigo Educator application is approved, your account will be upgraded to have these additional features:

* You can create student accounts for an entire class with just a few clicks (and student email addresses are optional for account creation)
* Students of the same class are automatically set up as a Diigo group so they can start using all the benefits that a Diigo group provides, such as group bookmarks and annotations, and group forums.
* Privacy settings of student accounts are pre-set so that only teachers and classmates can communicate with them.
* Ads presented to student account users are limited to education-related sponsors.

Diigo tutorial

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I recommend reading the following posts that explain how you can use Diigo with students.  Working with students in this way showing students how to manage their information, how to collaborate, and how to share information seeking. This is all part of the journey to being savvy web users and good digital citizens.


Using Diigo in Middle School 

Diigo Groups for Student Collaboration