Education

Leading-edge educators have long recognized the value of Diigo to education, and we are very happy to support their effort. There are two special education offerings: Free Teacher/Student Account: The teacher account option offers teachers greater capabilities than the normal free plan. Most importantly, it provides a Teacher Console, where the teacher can create and manage student accounts, with student email addresses being optional). You can apply for this account option here, after you have signed up. The student account option provides a greater privacy for the user, and is created by a Teacher account. “Truly a unique and transformative tool ~ Diigo has the potential to change the ways in which we mentor all our students” “Diigo fosters discussion and encourages active, critical reading .. the most efficient way I have discovered to share content and commentary.” ...... all resources above are written and compiled by educators.

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What do you suggest? 4 Web 2.0 Technologies To Inspire Students Collaboration | Q&A 4 Web 2.0 Technologies To Inspire Students By Chris-Rachael Oseland09/14/11 Instructional Technologist Marta Magnuson is used to some skepticism when students see her syllabus. A lot of them have never heard of Web 2.0 technologies like Diigo, Glogster, Prezi, and PBworks.

Learnist: a Pinterest for learning Learnist is in beta and users are only granted the ability to create learning boards after a careful review of their online footprints in order to ensure high quality content. A new online social learning platform, Learnist, is growing and expanding to mobile with the release of iOS applications for the iPhone and iPad. Learnist has been created by social learning company Grockit, and is based on a similar concept to that of Pinterest, but with an educational focus.

Primary Resources - DOW STEM NESA - STEM sample activities This site provides NESA developed STEM activities that could be used in Science and Technology units of learning from Early Stage 1 to Stage 3. NESA - STEM Units NESA has also developed STEM Units which can be accessed here STEM Units Australian Science Channel eduCanon Create, Edit, Share Paste video URLs from YouTube, TeacherTube, SchoolTube, Shmoop, and elsewhere. Add rich, dynamic questions during the video, making a 'bulb'. Share with colleagues, classes, and students through embed codes or links. Find, Collaborate, Tweak

Springo - Top of the Web Tour: Research 10 Best Pinterest Practices In the world of social media there are few mediums that go untouched, but there are those that are significantly more prominent than the others. Facebook and Twitter being the reigning kings and others trailing behind with users unsure of what to do. However, Pinterest is proving to be an extremely useful tool for businesses to engage in. So why should you be be interested in Pinterest. Recent new data is showing that it has now become the 4th largest referral network after passing Yahoo and now only sits behind Google, Facebook and Twitter. Its referral traffic grew by 43.7% from June to July and grew again by 33.33% from July to August. RebelMouse: Let Your Content Roar GazoPa similar image search Using Pinterest in Higher Education Pinterest use is booming among people age 25-34 with annual salaries of $100,000 or more (Huffington Post Tech, 21 March, 2012). The site has shown remarkable growth with unique users growing from 11.7 million in January, 2012 to 17.8 million in February making it the third most popular social networking site behind Facebook and Tumblr (Mashable.com, 20 March 2012). While the primary demographic may not be college students, there is certainly potential for using the medium in the higher education classroom.

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