Diigo vs Delicious

I was used to bookmarking my favorite sites the traditional way on my favorites bar on Mozilla, but I loved Diigo. I liked it more than Delicious because it was easier to use. It has very easy access..all you need is internet access. Diigo is great with finding websites that are more group oriented with social networking, whereas Delicious is more focused on individuals and their blogs. I really liked being able to find sites from different locations and then finding them at home on my Diigo account. It's really cool how accessible it is. 


Delicious is very similar but a little harder to use. This application lets you follow people and their comments and bookmarks. Delicious was a little harder to sign up with and I had to mess with it for awhile. I didn't like that it was powered by a Yahoo server. I just don't like yahoo too much. 


I loved both sites but I think I would stick with Diigo. I would like to use it for bookmarking my schoolwork and social networking. I liked that I could find people with the same interests as mine on Diigo. That would come in handy with educational purposes! 

Second Life

            I played around a lot with Second Life and found Vassar Island. Vassar Island is meant for a liberal arts environment. It’s educational and people can use it to communicate as well. The island and environment is very user friendly and welcoming. I talked to a few people while I was there on the island and in the museum, and they were all pretty friendly. Some people were just playing for fun while others were using it for assignments like me. Some people had little pieces of advice and information to use in the future, while others were pretty clueless.  
           I found the Sistine Chapel and it's so awesome! I would use this environment for professional development by communicating with other teachers here at the museum. I would have the other teachers that I was planning with meet me at the museum so we could observe the Island and talk about what we could take from it and incorporate into our lesson planning. Second Life at the Sistine Chapel Museum is very informative and helpful for lesson planning. You can learn a lot about the inside of the museum and the many different paintings inside by exploring with Second Life. You can also talk to many people for more information and facts.

             I can envision a huge project for a sixth grade history class after using Second Life to communicate with other teachers there. The project would involve the sixth graders to use art supplies and a lot of research to create their very own Sistine Chapel. We would spend a few weeks researching the Sistine Chapel with our students after meeting as collaborative teachers on Second Life. The teachers would get together online to collaborate and plan what aspects of the Sistine Chapel they want to incorporate into their lesson plans based on what Second Life has to offer.

Here's a pic of me at Selmo Park.