I spent a little time reviewing Diigo and delicious and tried to determine for what purpose I would use them. The classes that I teach at Catawba Valley Community College have just been redesigned to an 8 week format, so we're on the verge of ending our first mini-mester and beginning our second. Since the course is so short, our department determined that we would use an overarching theme during each of the four mini-mesters to guide student reading and writing. This time around we are using the theme of technology, and the next theme will be health related.
Coincidentally, I received an email yesterday from one of the social sites I like to browse, LifeHack, which highlighted an article titled "5 Reasons Why Naps Should Be a Mandatory Part of Our Day" which also featured a picture of this adorable sleeping kitten (bonus!).
Following that train of thought, I began brainstorming about how I could use sleep-related articles for a portion of the health theme.
Before I knew it, I began finding all sorts of excellent resources, both mainstream and scholarly, that could be used for the course. Then, like the proverbial lightbulb, I thought, "Diigo!" I downloaded the app, signed in on my computer and began bookmarking. Going along with the flow, I found myself in a peer's office and brainstorming further health related subtopics. My colleague downloaded Diigo, and we organized several subfolders and added many articles to them. Within 25 minutes, we had a big picture view of the next eight weeks.
Last night I accessed the articles from my home computer (that's the beauty of this type of app), and began assessing their viability in terms of lexile levels and student interest.
And just like that, I'm converted!
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