The last time I was obsessed with a video game was in the 1990's when I couldn't get enough of playing Tetris on my brother's 1st edition Nintendo. I would spend hours trying to stack block after block to prove that I had the mental capacity to outlast the pressure of blocks dropping from the sky every two seconds. If I wasn't play Tetris, I was trying to figure out how to spit fireballs and avoid man-eating flowers while playing Super Mario Brothers. The sounds and colors of the video games from my childhood are nothing compared to the video games of today.
Diigo was one of the web tools we were assigned to try out this week. Diigo is a social bookmarking tool that allows you to bookmark, annotate, tag, and highlight web pages. It took me quite a while to really understand how Diigo works (and even longer to convince myself to sign up for an account). According to Im and Dennen (2013), there are challenges with using Diigo given the difficulty that exists in controlling the flow of information to sustain user's interest, but it is still a tool that can be used to support collaborative research and learning.
I used Diigo to bookmark the various stories I found on the web related to the Pokemon Go craze. Needless to say, there were many to be found. As I came across Pokemon Go stories, I bookmarked them and tagged them to make it easier to find. The more I used Diigo to bookmark and tag Pokemon Go stories, the more I realized just how useful it can be in my future research. The tag feature alone makes it a very worthwhile web tool to keep yourself organized. The Diigo toolbar makes it even easier to bookmark web and annotate pages as you search the web. I do believe you can truly maximize Diigo by creating groups and inviting others to help you collect and tag information.
Check out the following Pokemon Go stories that are now part of my Diigo library:
I was at Lake Ella this week and there were so many people out looking for Pokemon. I remember buying the cards for my son and the Pikachu bag for my daughter (which I still have in the guest room - remind me to show it to you) when they were little. I too can't believe it's back with a 21st Century update. I tried Diigo today and I used a classmate's bookmarked page to learn how to get started. I was lost. I like Diigo. I think I will be using this for my own purposes when this class is done. Great post, Chandra!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Sophia! I will definitely be using Diigo once this class is done. I can see lots of archiving benefits for future research.
DeleteBy the way, I have Tetris on my phone. I loved it when it was on Gameboy and I STILL love it! Tetris never gets old!
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