Blog #6

     My initial experiences with Diigo were not very good. I had trouble getting signed up in the first place and then once I was and began using the tool I had trouble as I have never used browser extensions like Diigo before. I was very confused especially on how to use the share permalink feature. I also prefer to save documents onto my computer and highlight and take notes on them with the gallery tool, however I now know that Diigo is a good alternative tool to do this. Diigo seems especially useful if you want to annotate a document or website and share those annotations with others.

    My experience with blogging has been good so far. It is definitely a very easy tool to use and the different features seem very useful. I did not previously know that blogs could have a creative commons license embedded in them and I thought that that was really interesting and useful. I also did not know that making a blog was so easy. However, for school related purposes, I feel that discussion posts are easier and basically the same as making blog posts. For the purposes of this class specifically though, it has been very useful in exposing me to new educational technology.

    I think Quizlet is an extremely helpful Web 2.0 tool that can be used in schools. Quizlet is a free learning resource that gives students the ability to create study sets and access to other study sets. The website allows multiple learning functions for study sets, like flashcards, matching, and practice tests. Quizlet provides an extremely easy way to study and to find ways to study efficiently by using the different study functions provided. Quizlet is also a very good resource for students who want to know what to study or do not have time to make a study set themselves, as access to every Quizlet set is free and easy to access. Below is a link to this amazing Web 2.0 resource!

https://quizlet.com/latest

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