Diigo Slide Show
This slideshow was really helpful in getting me to become familiarized with Diigo in a way that I had yet to, and was a good refresher for what I had already learned. I think the next class that comes in would benefit from being linked to this slide show, that way when they’re home and having a had a hard time remembering exactly how to use the application they can just toggle through the presentation and fill in the blanks in their memory.
I love how in-depth this presenter went with their slideshow. They try and go through every function that Diigo can provide, they even cover the blog this feature. Not only is it informative, it’s also user friendly. They go out of their way to include little statements like “it’s just like you would do on paper” which makes the whole process familiar and simple. Two words I like to use when I’m talking about learning some fancy new Web 2.0 tool.
What I don’t get about a tool like Diigo though is why they haven’t yet partnered up with a browser like Firefox so that it could come automatically with the software and therefore exponential increase it’s reach and usefulness. I think that if the application was widespread it could be used much more effectively. Although then there’s the problem of controlling the amount of tags on one page, but that could be fixed by utilizing the group system that they have now. I wish I could see the tags that have been put on a page by people I don’t know if I chose too though, or perhaps browse through the different groups on the Diigo site and be able to just view what they’ve tagged. It just seems like it can be used as a widespread communication device and not be as insular as it is now.
