Tools for Teachers
Diigo and Edmodo
Diigo
“Digest of Internet Information,
Groups and Other stuff”
Diigo is a social annotation service that lets users
add highlights and notes to any web page. These overlayed
comments can be made either public or private; other Diigo
users can then read public comments and reply/interact to comments. Diigo
combines aspects of social bookmarking, full-text search, annotations, tagging,
and sharing.
Diigo Uses In Classroom
- Collaborative research
- Secure environment for groups, classes to share & comment
- Deep, interactive reading
- Allows classroom sharing of selected articles
- Organization and bookmarking tool
- Helps students evaluate, analyze, critic websites
- Helps teachers and students develop Personal Learning Networks
- Allows for offline reading--saving of important information
- Makes bookmarks available anywhere
Diigo Overview
Edmodo
Edmodo is a classroom management system that provides teachers and students a secure
place to connect and collaborate, share content and educational applications,
and access homework, grades, class discussions and notifications. Edmodo helps
educators harness the power of social media to customize the classroom for each
and every learner.
So What Does it do?
Gets students to interact with you, each other, and the content of your subject area.
More resources for Diigo
13 Reasons Why Teachers Should Use Diigo
Getting Started with a Diigo Educator Account
Learn More about Diigo’s three main goals—Research, Share, and Collaborate
more resources for edmodo
Another option is Schoology. My daughter has had teachers use both Edmodo and Schoology. It depends on content. If you give a lot of multiple choice tests then Schoology seems to be better for that.
Tools for Teachers: Diigo & Edmodo
By Sarah McElrath
