Some
of the shortcuts I use the most often are ctrl z for undoing something
that had been deleted, ctrl s for saving, and ctrl a for selecting all
the text on a particular page. I use these all the time when I edit
written work. As I read through the forum about keyboard shortcuts, it
reminds me that some other adults have no idea that there is a simpler
way. It makes sense to teach some shortcuts first as people become more
familiar with using technology.
During
the summer of 2011, I began using delicious.com as a way to organize
web pages for a careers class I taught. It was great to organize around
different “stacks” that students could access. During the summer of
2012, I was introduced to diigo through twitter. I love diigo even more
because it allows me to annotate the web pages so I can remember what
was so cool even after significant time has passed. I also like the
feature of being able to highlight text and sort through my different
tags to find relevant web pages that I can use with my students. I also
use an integration between twitter and diigo to save my “favorite” posts
from twitter to diigo so I can remember the pithy things people say.
This
year I have improved my career class by using diigo with my students’
career projects. Some examples of the assignments and activities would
be students bookmarking scholarship opportunities, college, career, and
job search information. Diigo will be a great tool to improve their
researching skills. Students in my careers group can look at what other
students have bookmarked to see if what has been found already might be
something they would want as well.
As
I consider Marzano’s work, I think that this lesson on social
bookmarking makes the best connection with cooperative learning. Those
of us in this 21 Things course can share what we find with each other,
thereby curating content so others don’t have to spend as much time
searching for the elusive webpage or web activity to fill a certain
need. With my students I hope they can use diigo to share information
about colleges, scholarships, and careers that they find which will help
each of them develop a college going attitude.
As
I consider the NETS for teachers, I think the one that Thing 1 aligns
well with is Standard 3: Model Digital Age Work and Learning. I am
showing that I am technologically fluent and can transfer what I already
know into a novel situation with a new technology. I am also modeling
the emergent use of a tool like diigo to my students so that we can all
be lifelong learners and sharers of learning. Locating, analyzing, and
evaluating technology is so necessary if I am to use the technology in
my classroom. I am doing that more and more each day as I work through
these “things”.
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