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 * Article Reviews **

Group 1 Articles Review In his article, Classroom Collaboration Using Social Bookmarking Service Diigo, Michael Ruffini not only walks the reader through the components of the site and gives detailed instructions on using them; he also gives real insight into how educators can use Diigo to facilitate learning using social bookmarking. “12 Reasons Teachers should use Diigo” explains the basics of social bookmarking, gives the rationale behind the technology and gives a brief introduction on how to use the popular social bookmarking site Diigo. Founded in 1996, social bookmarking has now become very popular. Social bookmarking is a way to gather a list of websites or web pages and store them in one place for quick and easy access - in this case the place is Diigo (www.diigo.com). Diigo is one of the most popular social bookmarking sites for educators. One interesting factoid regarding Diigo is that it actually stands for the “Digest of Internet Information, Groups and Other stuff.” Whether the actual name Diigo came first or the acronym was invented after the fact remains to be seen (12 Reasons Teachers Should Use Diigo, 2011). Social bookmarking tools have several purposes including organizing, underlining, highlighting, and categorizing web pages. Social bookmarking services help user add, annotate, edit and share bookmarks on the web. Tagging for later retrieval is another tool that is a valuable part of bookmarking. With social bookmarking your resources are not saved, but bookmarked so that they can be referenced later. These bookmarks can be public, or private. Bookmarks can be consolidated from different computers and then shared with other contacts (Social Bookmarking, 2013). Using social bookmarking educators can bring students together in a way that allows them to collaborate with other students in exciting and non-traditional ways previously unavailable; Ruffini offers an astronomy science lesson plan as an example. The science teacher is able to use Diigo to gather an assortment of astronomy links together in one place for a group of students to access for research and collaboration. The teacher can also create groups for the class which can be made private or public; after the teacher has created the groups, he can then share his lesson plans with them, and the students can proceed (Ruffini, 2011).

Another great way for students and teachers to use social networking is the use of Flickr. Flickr is a great website that allows users to manage and share photos. A great way for students to learn is to visually see what they are trying to understand. Flickr is connected to many other sites that allow students to manipulate the photos by adding text bubbles above the photos.This is a cost effective means for many educators because Flickr is also a free website. As students access the different websites they are able to share pertinent information by using features such as "highlighting" or using "sticky notes" to draw attention to specific passages or items they want other students in their group to see. Highlighting is done by selecting and encasing a passage in color - students in a group can use different colors so each student can identify what they want to share with a specific color. Students can also draw attention to something by placing a computerized "sticky note" or near the item with their own message written on the note square (Ruffini, 2011). Once the students have researched and collaborated, they can combine their shared notes and ideas into one single document per the teacher's instructions. The single biggest feature that Diigo provides to educators is the ability to highlight certain passages of text to draw attention to key pieces of information. Teachers also have the ability to publish bookmarks they have saved to a group (12 Reasons Teachers Should Use Diigo, 2011). The benefit of bookmarking and sharing to a group is the “social” aspect of shared resources which allows for quick, seamless sharing of resources that each member has discovered. Teachers also have the ability to create accounts for students without requiring an email for each student. (A great way to use the service and bypass the COPA requirements of storing personal data of children under 13. In this way, nothing the student saves online can be directly traced him, or her.) By having students use a tool like Diigo, a teacher can free up a student’s mental load to focus on the task at hand, assimilating information and evaluating it without the need to seek out the information first. Diigo allows the learner to reach higher-order thinking skills faster so true learning can transpire all while offloading the requisite steps of seeking out the information in the first place. By using social bookmarking in this way the students are able share not only their information, but their ideas in a way that encourages participation and genuine thought from the whole group. Bibliography 12 Reasons Teachers Should Use Diigo. (2011, July 7). Retrieved from Resource Link BCE: http://resourcelinkbce.wordpress.com/2011/07/19/12-reasons-teachers-should-use-diigo/ Ruffini, M. R. (2011, September 27). Classroom Collaboration Using Social Bookmarking Service Diigo. Retrieved February 9, 2013, from Educause Review Online: http://www.educause.edu/ero/article/classroom-collaboration-using-social-bookmarking-service-diigo

Social Bookmarking. (2013, February 11). Retrieved from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_bookmarking  **Using Flickr in Education. (2010,June 21). Retrieved February 12, 2013 from http://jenverschoor.wordpress.com/2010/06/21/using-flickr-in-education**/

Collaboration Using Social Bookmarking
//<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Linda Scott // In his article, Classroom Collaboration Using Social Bookmarking Service Diigo, Michael Ruffini not only walks the reader through the components of the site and gives detailed instructions on using them, he also gives real insight into how educators can use Diigo to facilitate learning using social bookmarking. <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> Social bookmarking is a way to gather together a list of websites or web pages and store them in one place for quick and easy access - in this case the place is Diigo (www.diigo.com). Diigo is one of the most popular social bookmarks sites for educators. Using social bookmarking educators can bring students together in a way that allows them to collaborate with other students in exciting and non-traditional ways previously unavailable; Ruffini offers an astronomy science lesson plan as an example. The science teacher is able to use Diigo to gather an assortment of astronomy links together in one place for a group of students to access for research and collaboration. The teacher can also create groups for the class which can be made private or public; after the teacher has created the groups he can then share his lesson plans with them and the students can proceed.

As students access the different websites they are able to share pertinent information by using features such as "highlighting" or using "sticky notes" to draw attention to specific passages or items they want other students in their group to see. Highlighting is done by selecting and encasing a passage in color - students in a group can use different colors so each student can identify what they want to share with a specific color. Students can also draw attention to something by placing a computerized "sticky note" or near the item with their own message written on the note square. Once the students have researched and collaborated they can combine their shared notes and ideas into one single document per the teacher's instructions. By using social bookmarking in this way the students are able share not only their information, but their ideas in a way that encourages participation and genuine thought from the whole group.

Ruffini, M. R. (2011, September 27). Classroom Collaboration Using Social Bookmarking Service Diigo. Retrieved February 9, 2013, from Educause Review Online: []

Social Bookmarking
//Sherry Wood// In 1996 social bookmarking was founded and now it is becoming very popular. Social bookmarking tools have several purposes which include organizing underlining, highlighting, and categorizing web pages. Social bookmarking services help user to add, annotate, edit and share bookmarks on the web. Tagging for later retrieval is another tool that is valuable part of bookmarking. These services have been around since 1996. With social bookmarking your resources are not saved, but bookmarked that can be referenced. These bookmarks can be public or they can be private. The person that is social bookmarking can consolidate set bookmarks from different computers and then share them with your contacts. 20131, 11). Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Social bookmarking - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Retrieved February 12,, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_bookmarking

Social Bookmarking with Diigo
//Tommy Gober// The article I read was "12 Reasons Teachers should use Diigo" from the ResourceLink Wordpress blog. The article explains the basics of social bookmarking, gives the rationale behind the technology and gives a brief introduction on how to use the popular social bookmarking site Diigo. One interesting factoid I learned is that Diigo actually stands for the “Digest of Internet Information, Groups and Other stuff”. Whether the actual name Diigo came first or the acronym was invented after the fact remains to be seen. The single biggest feature that Diigo provides to educators is the ability to highlight certain passages of text to draw attention to key pieces of information. Teachers also have the ability to publish bookmarks they have saved to a group. The benefit of bookmarking and sharing to a group is the “social” aspect of a shared bookmarking resources allows the quick, seemless sharing of resources that each member has discovered. I also learned that teachers have the ability to create accounts for students without requiring an email for each student. (A great way to use the service and bypass the COPA requirements of storing personal data of children under 13. In this way, nothing the student saves online can be traced directly to him or her personally.) By having students use a tool like Diigo, a teacher can free up a student’s mental load to focus on the task at hand, assimilating information and evaluating it without the need to seek out the information first. Diigo allows the learner to reach higher order thinking skills faster so true learning can transpire all while offloading the requisite steps of seeking out the information in the first place.

12 reasons teachers should use diigo. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://resourcelinkbce.wordpress.com/2011/07/19/12-reasons-teachers-should-use-diigo/

**Social Bookmarking**
//Karri Martin// In todays ever changing technology based world, visual presentations are loaded with images that try to add excitement or visual information about the topic. Instead of chalkboards or boring paper documents teachers now have an infinite number of photos at their finger tips. Imagine seeing real life images of a new heart valve or what a bone looks like with screws and plates in it. What better way for students to learn then to actually visualize the object in it's true form. Flickr is one of the most popular photo management and sharing applications available to anyone with internet access for free. Flickr links to many other sites that add even more photo management capabilities. FlickrStorm, FlickrToys and Bubblr are just a few websites that allow you even more capabilites. Teachers can utilize these sites to manipulate their visual tools as needed. This new visual way of learning is a more affordable way for educators to express their teaching abilities.

Using Flickr in Education. (2010, June 21). Retrieved February 12, 2013 from http://jenverschoor.wordpress.com/2010/06/21/using-flickr-in-education/

=**Learner-centered Social bookmarking**=

//Sabah Ahmad//
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">This article give insightful information regarding how to, what, and why exactly delicious.com is used. The article right off the bat lets for example if target are students and the article well beyond explains how to use a delicious which is a social bookmarker. Students would learn how to share and create their own book marks in order to collect valuable information and organize them with tags. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">The article not only shows how to use the website but also tips on how to use tags and sort out information. Delicious also gives you the ability to import bookmarks straight from your browser. You also have the option of downloading all your bookmarks if anything happens to delicious such as the website shuts down. You can download it as an HTML file. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">The whole point in using social bookmarking is to connect and learn not direct from an instructor but from other users and creativity. Learning to collect bits and pieces of information from the world wide web and other users helps a user to build on knowledge and keep organization. Also, when a user collects data from others and the web they are also gaining knowledge of information that has quicker access.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Citation **

Hines, K. (2010, October 11). //How to use delicious: The king of social bookmarking//. Retrieved from []