Week 6 - Diigo Activity # 4

Diigo

1. Do other people's annotations add to your understanding of content or hinder it?

I believe that it adds to it. At times there are ideas pointed out that I would not have thought of and it is interesting to see each persons perspective on a topic. 

2. Provide an example of a Diigo annotation that in your view is useful rather than spamish.

Any of the instances in our group discussiosn where we were determine if a lesson was a mindset 1 or 2. I think that we were able to create a discussion and explain our thoughts and how we came to the conclusion of why it was or was not. 

3. How did you use tags to make searching more efficient and beneficial?

Tags were used to find the content I was specifically looking for weather it be social bookmarking or a specific subject or even certain grades - they narrow the search to find sites you are interested in viewing. 

4.In your opinion what is the potential of social bookmarking to promote content area learning and/or information literacy.

Students have the opportunity to locate information for research as they have also done in the past, but by using a group they now have the opportunity to review what others have found and share what they have found. They can make comments and even have discussions about the sites that are found which can lead to a deeper reflection of the information and deeper understanding of the content while also building communication skills.