Diigo Project

Project guidelines for periods 4 & 7; other class period guidelines are below these

OVERVIEW: Diigo is a tool that will play an instrumental role in our Reading All year Project (RAY). Like the books you read for our 2,500 book challenge, you will also read articles and blog posts on the Internet (you probably do this already). Sharing content is a major part of how we learn. Diigo, and our Diigo class group, provides the perfect tool for summarizing and sharing.

YOUR TASK: Read, tag and annotate at least 10 web sites in at least three of the categories listed below (these will be tagged on our Diigo group page), before the grading period ends.

  • NOTE: you can also create your own category/tag, but approve it with me first.

STEPS:

  1. Learn how to use Diigo by viewing the video linked here.
  2. Get a username and password from me.
  3. Go to the Diigo Groups page, linked on the top navigation bar and locate your class period group. Sign in.
  4. Surf the Internet for articles, blog posts, research or other content online in these categories:
    1. books
    2. authors
    3. movies
    4. games
    5. gadgets
    6. "social media"
    7. politics
    8. television
    9. news
    10. community
    11. education
    12. debate
  5. Read the content you find and summarize it in 3-5 sentences
  6. Copy and paste the web address of any site you read and Bookmark it on our Diigo groups page.
  7. Add your 3-5 sentence annotation to all bookmarks.
  8. Add the appropriate tag to each bookmark.

NOTE: you should be able to locate, read, bookmark, annotate and tag two web sites in about a 35-minute time span. If it takes less time, you likely aren't reading the article.

Project guidelines for periods 1, 3 & 8 

OVERVIEW: Diigo is a tool that will play an instrumental role in our Reading All year Project (RAY). To supplement the books you read for our 2,500 book challenge, you will also read articles and blog posts on the Internet that relate in some way to topics, themes or characters in your books. Sharing content is a major part of how we learn, so you'll be helping your peers. Diigo, and our Diigo class group, provides the perfect tool for summarizing and sharing information. 

YOUR TASK: For each book you read, locate at least one Internet article that contains relevant information. For example, if I'm reading Will Hobbs' Go Big or Go Home, I might locate, tag and annotate an article on meteorites, since the novel is about how a meteorite affects the main character who finds it. The annotation (brief summary) should explain how the article relates to the book. Learn more about tags and annotations in the steps section below: 

STEPS:

  1. Begin by surfing the web for articles that contain interesting information that is related in some way to your book. This may take some time, before you find an effective article. Read the articles.
  2. When you decide on the article that supplements your book, do the following:
    1. Copy the web address of the article.
    2. Paste the web address into your class group bookmark section on Diigo.
    3. Choose an appropriate tag. All bookmarks should include the the last name of the author of the book you are reading
      1. for example, I would likely tag my meteorite article: meteorites, Hobbs, scifi, because the article is about meteorites and the book is a science fiction novel written by Will Hobbs. (See my bookmark, annotation and these tags on Diigo).
    4. Be sure that your annotation is NOT taken verbatim from the web site. In fact, delete the comment that Diigo "pulls" in and write your own detailed annotation.
      1. Be sure to explain how the article relates to your book -- again, see my example on Diigo.
    5. Read, bookmark and annotate at least one article for each book you read.