Web 2.0 Tools

My initial experiences with using Diigo was pretty good. It was very easy to install and then the functions were very easy to use and move around whatever website I was annotating. I liked that I could take screenshots and only annotate a particular part of the article I was reading and share that screenshot with whatever group I wanted to. I think the only thing I didn’t like as much was that the sticky notes would stick to the top of the page and not necessarily around the section I wanted them to be placed in. Also, in order for a group to see a sticky note I posted, I would have to change it to public and then select the group, so that was annoying whenever wanted to add a new sticky note.

The blogging experience was fairly similar to my experience with using Diigo. It has a simple format and it was easy to navigate the website and also mess around with all the different setting for the blog page. I like that there are so many different themes that you can choose from and that you can have total creative authority with anything you post. I also like that you can switch the writing format to HTML and easily insert videos, pictures, or other media. I haven’t really come upon anything that I don’t like about blogging, maybe the only thing is that I can’t blog about whatever topic I want, but this is for a class, so it is understandable.

One interesting Web 2.0 tool that I would like to use when teaching and in my classroom is the website Basecamp. Basecamp is a website or app that helps with group projects and organization. It allows for multiple users to create a group and share messages, documents, and to-do items. It allows for smoother collaboration, whether it be between teachers or students. It also has a calendar so that all the member can be kept up to date and also input any important dates for the project. It seems like a very useful tool and I wish I used this in high school when I was working on group projects. I will definitely be using this in the future and I highly recommend everyone one to consider using Basecamp for their next group project.