Diigo

I have used del.icio.us for many years, but for this course, we were asked to try Diigo.com. It's pretty much the same thing, a social networking site, and I have enjoyed it. I've particularly liked the link to Twitter, meaning that you can twitter from a site you're bookmarking with diigo. For those who are interested, the address is www.diigo.com. You simply bookmark your favorites here, give tags, and then access those sites from anywhere. You can follow other people's bookmarked sites as well (can save you a LOT of work).

Twittering!

We were asked to set up a twitter account for our Tech Tools class, and it was easy to oblige because I already had one! (I should probably add that I barely ever used it). So now, I'm tweeting and listening to tweets. It was a good exercise because I didn't realize what kind of information some of the organizations I'm involved with actually put out in their tweets. I've managed to find some really interesting links as a result.

I also downloaded the twitter app to my phone, so I'm keeping really up-to-date with it all. Just wish it didn't beep so loudly when a new message comes through! (Guess I could turn that off).

So, if you're interested in opening a twitter account, try www.twitter.com. My next step is to see how this could be used in classes. All ideas welcome!

In the beginning...

This blog is intended to show my progress through a course entitled "Technology Tools." Moreover, I hope to be able to provide the reader with different tools useful for teaching.