Blog Journal 5
I had never heard of Diigo before this class. As a hopeful future English teacher, I found it very useful. I always remember having to highlight and annotate texts for my English classes in high school to show my teachers that I was really reading and absorbing the information presented in the work we were reading, as well as to show them what confused me and what questions I had about the text. Diigo makes this so easy to do as you can highlight and add 'sticky notes,' or annotations, to any article or text. It also makes collaboration very streamlined. Instead of having a group of students pass around one copy of a paper or each turn in their own, they can all annotate the same text on Diigo; they are able to see each others' questions and comments, as everyone's notes show up on everyone else's copy. I do, however, wish Diigo was a little easier to use and a little more visually pleasing, as I think that would help students be able to better engage with their learning.
Blogging to me seems so outdated and almost dorky. It reminds me of the mid-2000s when every suburban mom and every New York millennial started blogging, as if everyone in the world cared to read their opinions. I don't mind blogging for this class or for educational purposes because I think it is very similar to Canvas discussion board posts and has benefits when used in this arena. However, I would never blog about my personal life. I think blogging has morphed into Instagram influencers now, a platform much more universal and accessible.
A Web 2.0 tool that I would use in teaching is podcasts! When reading about using podcasts educationally in class, I realized how much they can benefit students. Students have short attention spans and many students simply don't read what is assigned to them because it takes too long; podcasts allow them to use less attention than they would have to use to read an article. Some might say that students will just multitask while listening and not truly absorb the information, but as a teacher I would provide a worksheet with questions about the podcast to be completed while listening, to ensure that my students are paying attention throughout.
Blogging to me seems so outdated and almost dorky. It reminds me of the mid-2000s when every suburban mom and every New York millennial started blogging, as if everyone in the world cared to read their opinions. I don't mind blogging for this class or for educational purposes because I think it is very similar to Canvas discussion board posts and has benefits when used in this arena. However, I would never blog about my personal life. I think blogging has morphed into Instagram influencers now, a platform much more universal and accessible.
A Web 2.0 tool that I would use in teaching is podcasts! When reading about using podcasts educationally in class, I realized how much they can benefit students. Students have short attention spans and many students simply don't read what is assigned to them because it takes too long; podcasts allow them to use less attention than they would have to use to read an article. Some might say that students will just multitask while listening and not truly absorb the information, but as a teacher I would provide a worksheet with questions about the podcast to be completed while listening, to ensure that my students are paying attention throughout.
Diigo is a very useful tool for language learning (especially second language acquisition). In the group, people can annotate the meaning of the words or sentences, raise questions, or highlighting important information collaboratively.
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