Creating Community in the Classroom:
Diigo as a Research Tool
Deniz Gokcora
Borough of Manhattan Com. Col.
Tech Day
March 5, 2014
Diigo (abbreviation of)
D – Digest of
i – Internet
i – information,
g – groups, and
o – other stuff
What is Diigo?
(bookmark/highlight/tag)
a bookmarking program to share information
reading and writing courses
• bookmark articles and webpages from the
Internet
• annotate texts
• Highlight text
• Make sticky notes
•
Diigo (diigolet)
• Research (bookmark)
• Archive (My group)
• Annotate (highlight and sticky notes)
Function
• words, sentences, and paragraphs can be highlighted directly on
webpages using the Diigo toolbar.
• Researcher can make comments (sticky notes) and save them for
later use.
• Researcher can bookmark that specific article and that specific
page.
• Researchers in the same group can write comments to one
another.
How does one start?
Go to the website, Diigo.com (http://www.diigo.com/)
Select “join Diigo” locate at the top left on the page
Make sure to complete and submit the “Create your account” information
A message will appear stating “Hi, _________, your Diigo account has been activated. Welcome
to the Diigo community!”You now have access to your Diigo account.
As an educator, you have the wonderful opportunity to use the Diigo.com site for education. It is
located at http://www.diigo.com/education.
a. Complete and submit the form. The education site allows use of Diigo with your students in
the future. It will take 24-48 hours to receive a response back from Diigo (It is important that
you use your school email for the Diigo education form)
Download the Diigo toolbar (http://www.diigo.com/tools/toolbar) for your web browser. This
can be downloaded on multiple computers (If you do not like toolbars, Diigo offers the Digolet
which does not require a toolbar, http://www.diigo.com/tools/diigolet)
Bookmarking articles (creating
community)
• Search the article using academic databases
• Search online newspapers (NYT, The Washington Post, The
Guardian)
• Copy the URL and paste it in the URL box
• If Diigolet is available, the toolbar helps researchers to bookmark
the article
• The bookmarked Diigo article can be seen by all members
Make sure -Use your school e-mail address
Use Google Chrome (advisable)
How does it create a community?
•
Professor creates a course diigo account (FREE - Group Private Account)
•
Professor sends an invitation to group members
•
Each students creates an account and signs in to the account
•
Students accept the invitation sent by the professor
•
Professor and students create a network/or students can work in groups and
send an invitation to the professor to join.
Components of Diigo
My Library- includes bookmarked URLs
My Network – People you follow and your followers
My Groups – users collaborate to do research
Course Portfolio (Four Major
Papers)
• Summary & Response: Is Google Making Us Stupid? Nicholas
Carr/ Get Smarter (James Casio)
• Argumentative Research Paper – Is the Internet Hurting or
Helping Us?
• Argumentative Rhetorical Analysis -Ethos/Pathos/Logos –
Media paper (TV commercial/magazine ads)
• Reflective Essay- choose a topic and show evidence from each
paper how you have demonstrated it
They Say/I Say
• Templates for summarizing, agreeing/
disagreeing, agreeing with some
reservations
• Templates for counterargument
• Conclusion: Who cares? So What?
templates
Useful websites to find research
articles (academic databases)
• ProQuest Research Databases
(Academic Search Premier, Communication Mass Media Complete)
• Issues and Controversies
• Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
• EBSCOhost Research Databases
• Gale Virtual Reference Library- Gale Cengage Learning
(encyclopedia and other reference book articles)
• Major newspaper sites (The Atlantic, NYTimes, The Washington
Post, The Guardian)
Possible topics
• Is Higher Education Worth the Tuition?
• The Internet
• Is Fast Food
• Causes and Effects of Discrimination (MLK Speech, Letter form
Birmingham Jail, “Black People Public Spaces”
Critical Thinking and Evaluation
After reading an article, Professors can ask students
Do you agree?
What would you
• Add (ask to make comments)
• Change information
Quotations
•
Significant?
• Insignificant?
• Agree? Disagree?
• Why?
ESL Writing ( Bread Givers)
Quotes
Characters
Questions
Useful Diigo Tutorial Videos
http://vimeo.com/12687333
Useful Diigo Videos
https://www.diigo.com/learn_more
Useful Diigo Videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YX8d701nzsk