Diigo and Delicious

When I first was comparing both diigo and delicious it was hard to tell exactly what the differences between the two are. After researching diigo, to me it seems as if it is a higher tech version of delicious. They both serve the same purpose of social bookmarking. There some things that you can do on diigo that you can not do on delicious. For example on diigo you can save pictures from the web and sort them into albums. This could be extremely useful when using with students if they were doing research, but also needed pictures. Another thing you can do on diigo that you can not do in delicious is actually collaborate with other people by placing sticky notes on the certain parts of the web page you can collaborate with others while reading the article. Saving actual copies of the pages that you want to bookmark instead of just the link is another feature found on diigo.

Both diigo and delicious are great tools that would enhance student learning in school. Both of these sites were completely new to me, but I must say that I am already thinking about how I can use them in the classroom. Both sites are great to use during any type of project in which students must collaborate because of the capability of sharing the information you have found with others. Students would be able to work independently, but yet share their ideas with others. Another good use for the social bookmarking sites in the classroom would sharing your ideas you have found as a teacher with the students. I usually just type out a list of websites that I want the students to visit while on the computer doing projects. With delicious if each student had an account, or if you made an account for the classroom those websites could be easily accessible to the students.