This week we will get everyone going on using Diigo and start collecting resources and tagging them. Some have had success in getting into Diigo already and have been able to get into the group. For those looking for guidance in getting into the group, here are a few steps to try:
- Make sure you have a Diigo account and you are logged in
- On the top of the screen you will see a menu item titled "My Groups"... click that
- You will now see a box in the far top right ... click the following to see a screen shot ()
- Click in that box and type in "LINCS Educational Resources" (without the " ") and search for that group
- You should then be able to request an invitation to join that group
- Alternatively you can email me ohgeer@gmail.com an I can copy/paste you in
Please take a moment to review our categories to offer suggestions as there have been many edits this last weekend. The idea is that we use the bold items and copy/paste them as written as tags in diigo to offer consistency in our tagging. By Thursday or Friday, it should be open season on people starting to tag resources.
If you should like to try tagging some things, please keep in mind that we want to tag parts of sites that specifically meet a need described by our category. If we tag to a general landing place of a site that has many possibilities, a user might be frustrated because they were expecting a specific option. In other words, the more specific we can link to items that address a category we have established, the more efficient searchers will be in getting to what they want.
Thoughts, questions and suggestions always welcome !!!! Looking forward to seeing what we start digging up later this week!
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Hi Ed,
Once we have joined the Diigo LINCS Educational Resources Group, what's next?
Is there something you would like us to do there now, or should we just wait for a message from you.
David
David J. Rosen
djrosen123@gmail.com
David and everyone, I am hopeful that people may start tagging resources by the end of the week and into next week as well. There are some that have never explored Diigo and I wanted to ensure they had time to review and ask questions before they felt they needed to "keep up" with early adopters that dive right in the deep end of things often. If you need time to get into Diigo and get comfy, please take this week to get up to speed and feel free to ask questions. If you feel all ready to go, dive in and let us know how warm the water is
With that in mind, I think that the sooner we hit the ground running the better as there is never enough time it seems. If people are in the group and want to start tagging, here are a few thoughts to keep in mind:
If anyone comes up with future tagging suggestions or guidelines, please use the word "TAGGING: " in your subject line as I have done above to help others more easily find your input later on.
It appears many on the East coast may be under some snow tomorrow (Tuesday) so if you get the itch to start tagging, have at it :) I hope everyone is having a great week so far and I look forward to seeing all the goodies we find in the next couple of weeks.
Hi all,
I am hoping to spend some time tagging some items on Wednesday, I am traveling the next two weeks but hope to help the group compile some resources. Looking forward to see what we put together.
Happy Wednesday everyone! I understand that most of us have very busy lives so please don't take this as pushing in any way. Rather, I just wanted to reiterate that if you are having difficulties getting into Diigo or figuring out how it works, please feel free to reach out. We have 4 individuals in there now and some experiments and playing around have brought to light a few points you may wish to know.
If I can get some time in the next day or so, I would love to do up a screen cast and share that. For those of us that are visual and have already stopped reading this post because there are way too many words, having a video/picture guide may be helpful :)
The above bullets were discoveries by people playing around and sharing questions (email was used but forums work too). The more we explore this tool and this method of "brainstorming" the Internet, the easier this process looks.
Please reach out if you find difficulties or make discoveries you feel others might benefit from as you start exploring this exciting process!