Diigolet

Today I added Diigolet to my computer and was actually really excited about it. I decided to do some research on South Africa since I'm leaving in 3 months! So i searched online and found a random website to look at. I was able to highlight and play around with the idea of annotating on the computer. I think my favorite part was adding sticky notes to the webpages. There are so many times I have had to read online and wish I could highlight like crazy. Now Diigolet makes that possible!

I also came up with a couple ideas to incorporate this into the classroom. I think this would be great for students who are beginning to do close reading and pick out important information. If students had hard copies of the reading and teachers could project the reading on a screen while using Diigolett the teacher could guide students in their close reading. This could begin as a class activity that would eventually get handed off to the students. As students become more comfortable with technology, they too could use this form of annotation. Its easy and quick to use.

I really liked this technology and can see myself using it a great deal. It can be used for school but also personal use. And now I don't have the urge to highlight my screen and sticky note all over the place, technology helps me do that!