One Minute Message: Diigo
Digest of Internet Information, Groups and Other stuff. (http://www.diigo.com/about).
Focused on helping its users to "Research, Share, Collaborate", Diigo is a shared tagging site that allows overlaid comments and markup as well as social bookmarking for web pages by using a "Super Bookmarklet"! This system is facilitated by installing a "Diigolet" plugin with a simple drag-and-drop onto the Bookmarks Bar, which works within the browser to give ready access to the diigo features while you are surfing the net.
The annotation features include the ability to highlight text or add sticky notes anywhere to a page. Because these virtual ways of adding notes and markup parallel the physical methods of highlighter markers and Post-It notes, they will likely be familiar and comfortable methods for any real-world user to apply in a digital mode. These would be useful in a learning environment to create a study guide for later review, or as research notations for future reference.
In an educational setting, the use of pre-agreed tags to coordinate within a class group would be a targeted way to share specific class-related topics either from the instructor or between students. In a group project setting, each person could contribute their own views to an existing web page, with the comments being visible to all who were invited to participate. This type of onscreen collaboration would help with compiling the viewpoints of all project team members into one location, and in the context of the original materials. Diigo snapshots of transitioning pages would ensure that the info is available online even after the source page has been changed or removed, to ensure stable lesson components.
Diigo can be valuable to create shared annotation and tag references for any personal, professional or academic use.
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