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Reflection of the Week (2 ) - Social Bookmarking Food for Thought

I apologize for posting week 2 reflection only now. Like someone said somewhere, life interrupted me. But here is what I finally found about Diigo and social bookmarking.

Diigo helps me organize, share and retrieve information very neatly. This is the bookmarking side of it. The social side is that I can do that with a group of like-minded people, or students for that sake, who will contribute their findings to the group's chest of treasures. It is about collaboration, building meaningful connections, sharing information, caring and generating bonds also.

I still have to give it some good thought as to the use of Diigo with my groups though. I'll tell you why. Like Dennis put it so well, mine are the students who 'fall through the cracks'. They are executives with very busy agendas, a routine of trips (more often than not international trips) and very little availability for much else than our weekly meetings. Besides, most of them have individual classes. Food for thought, right?

It was hard to grasp the idea of social bookmarking in the beginning. But all is clear now and you can find below two amazing links shared by my classmates:

http://oedb.org/library/features/top-100-education-blogs (shared by Lilian Marchesoni)

http://www.candlelightstories.com/soundstoryblog/SoundStoryBlog.htm (shared by Maria da Luz)

Thanks, Lilian and Maria da Luz!

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On hyperventilation and webtools for educators

Let's begin with first impressions. The videos were enlightening. Web 2.0 was not a safari. I'd be safer if I 'd gone on a real one. That was... a nightmare. I was appalled by the amount of info h(a)unting me.  As the windows popped up at safari page, I started to feel dizzy - too much for a simple non-tech mind.
 
'Easy, easy', I reassured myself. Respiration went back to normal as I came to the realization I have to sort out what's priority and what's not. Good thing is, there's no right or wrong, you can choose whatever path to switch into a tech-savvy mind.
 
Having said that, you all must have guessed how much  tech-richness my curriculum provides: none. Or would helping students out through Skype make up for some of that richness? Or maybe using www.yappr.com for viewing videos in the classroom would? Well, when compared to the wealth of choices we have out there, that would correspond to a nano part of what I could be using to engage my students into more creative, independent, pleasurable learning. Oh, my, bring back that respirator!

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