blog post #6!

Within my experience thus far using Diigo, I'm not really sure that I like it very much. It reminds me a lot of the old forums that were on the internet around the mid 2000's, so I don't really know how much I would personally use it as an academic resource. That being said, I definitely think it's pretty easy to use, and though I haven't really worked through all of the features yet, I definitely plan to. I think that the idea of being able to share things with the community is a nice tool for education. However, for as much as I don't love Diigo, I do love blogging. Blogging has been a really fun tool for me to use thus far, because it feels far more like I'm just speaking my mind more than anything else. I think that there's definitely merit in using a blog, because it keeps your thoughts chronologically-ordered, but also helps you put everything you do in one place. That way, you won't have to worry about losing track of assignments, submissions, or anything else like that. In addition, I think blogging is unique because it helps people stay together, too---all of my classmates have blogs, so they're fun to read sometimes! One interesting Web 2.0 tool that I would personally use for an educational setting is Discord. Discord is an online chatting site that has "servers", which is basically like an organizational hub. You can have categories and channels, and texting channels and voice chat are both offered. It would be nice because you can organize things by subject, module or topic, and then if any students had questions, they could directly message. However, this would definitely have to be for a college setting, as I don't know if it would be super appropriate for middle or elementary school. High school could definitely work, though. https://discord.com/download

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