Using Diigo to Bookmark Online

I going to preface this post by saying- I am not much of a techy. It took me more than an hour to get my facebook like box to show up on the margins of this blog (no joke).  

Have you heard of Diigo? This is a website that allows you to add highlights, bookmarks, sticky notes, get quick links- to any webpage online. I plan to use Diigo as a teacher, web browser and blogger, but I can see it being super helpful for any student or classroom teacher. Nowadays, we do SO much reading and learning online. Diigo is a great way to organize information for a research project or to keep all those amazing teaching ideas in close reach (and organized! I love myself some organization!!). We always talk to our kids about active reading- now here's a way to do it online. I love it! What a great resource for our students!! And it's free!

Here's what you can do with Diigo (from their site):

private/public bookmarks

follow bookmarks from a network of people

see popular bookmarks by tags

import and export bookmarks

automatically post your bookmarks to your blog daily or weekly

save bookmarks as private by default (optional)

organize your bookmarks as a list and shown as a slide

set up groups to pool resources and curate content

automatically bookmark your twitter favorites

keep a full-text copy of your bookmarks (Premium features)

full-text search of your bookmarks (Premium features)

save notes and images, in addition to bookmarks

use highlights and sticky notes as you read - do not just bookmark

capture a portion of the screen and annotate on the screenshot

Do you Diigo?

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Bay Area Writing Project- Summer Opportunities

For those SF Bay Area folks---

The Bay Area Writing Project is a dynamic organization located in the Bay Area. They are a great resource to both teachers and families in the Bay.


For Parents:
Does your 4-9th grade child love to write? Consider registering him/her for a Summer 2011 Young Writers' Camps.  These 3 week camps are located in San Francisco, Oakland, and Berkeley. Check it out! Has your child already attended a BAWP camp? Write a comment below to and share your experience with the camp. If interested, hurry to register your child!

For Teachers:
Unfortunately, the registration for  BAWP's 2011 Summer Institute for teachers is closed (Maybe they are flexible??). This is an amazing opportunity. I have had several friends attend the seminars and the summer institute and it is always an enriching professional development. Keep BAWP on your radar, because they also have Saturday Seminars for Teachers throughout the school year.

Write a comment below to share your experience with BAWP.

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