Blog #6: Diigo and Blog Experience

✰    My experience with Diigo has been fairly positive, even when it was my first time using the extension. I had some trouble adding the extension, but once I got it, it was easy to use and highlight through articles. I really like the highlight option and you can see it under your bookmark. I don't normally actively bookmark things within a group, but it's great for personal bookmarking for academic sources.

✰    Outside of the class, I never really had a proper blogging experience. So far, it's been enjoyable, and I enjoy just typing out my opinions about educational technologies. I wish the prompts were a little more personalized with providing examples, but I understand the use of privacy and access to information.  During the learning process, I have learned how to convey my feelings with words and I have also learned how to apply images as well as crediting them in blog posts. I also learned about styling the blog and personalizing it as my own.

✰    An interesting Web 2.0 tool that I have used personally and potentially used for teaching is Discord! Discord is a messaging/video chatting app that can many people communicate between chats within a group. You can create multiple chat groups for different things, and invite lots of people (in which you can create roles for each person). I use it with my friends and we have several chats for different contents, and we sometimes hop onto a call to talk. I would definitely utilize a general chat, a FAQ section, and host some video chats for extra discussion. It's a great tool that kids use to connect with students as well as teachers.  

Here is the link for Discord