Well I have to say that I have had a great experience today exploring del.icio.us, diigo, slideshare, and mind-mapping tools. I really love the concept of del.icio.us and public bookmarking. I am now done with saving all of my favorite places in Internet Explorer. I can’t even recall how many times I’ve saved something in my favorites on my laptop and then been on the computer at school, and I couldn’t retrieve the site. Nothing is more frustrating, especially when you have found a great site. I will definitely be using (and adding to) my favorites on del.icio.us in the near future to use in school to share with not only other teachers, but to encourage my students to use it as well to share their own resources. I love it!
I was not really impressed with diigo however. It seemed so time consuming to highlight webpages. I’m always so busy when I’m surfing websites that I don’t have time to highlight certain passages, I just hit the favorites button and go back to the page later on if needed. I can see where diigo could be useful, if you are prone to forgetting what part of an article you wanted to use, but it just did not seem practical for me.
Slideshare is a program that I am familiar with, as I have used it before. I think slideshare is a great way to share photos and information with those important to us. This could be used with both family, friends, and in the classroom. Slideshare could also be used to present projects and presentations by students in the classroom and I’m definitely looking into incorporating it into the classroom with my own students. I think they would welcome it as a more entertaining alternative to oral presentations. Finally, I had so much fun with the mind-mapping tools. I thought this was so useful to me, and would be an absolutely great tool for students to use when organizing their thoughts for brainstorming for a project or writing an essay. It was so easy to use and would be a great addition for students.
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