Diigo vs. Delicious (Bookmarking)

Before this assignment I had already had some experience with both of these Web 2.0 apps.  I prefer Diigo over Delicious due to its advanced features like the "highlighting" option.  Basically both of these sites allow you to bookmark your favorite websites and allow you to access them from any computer.  Personally even though I have accounts with both of these sites, I use my Yahoo homepage for my bookmarking.  I don't have near the features but it is easy to use and I love the simplicity in that I can access my mail and my favorite sites all from my homepage. 

Second Life

To be honest I am not completely sold on using Second Life for Secondary Education.  I do see its potential benefits, however I also see its potential for all kinds of poor behavior and missuse.  I guess you could of said that about the internet 15 years ago, and look where we are today.  I will stop being Debbie Downer.

I did some digging while in Second Life and found a neat learning environment created by Ohio University.  Not Ohio State University...  They have really cool educational kiosks set up over a range of topics where students can watch short videos, take quizzes over what they watched, and also play educational games while in Second Life.  I think they did a wonderful job.  Also another fascinating aspect of Second Life is the ability to take virtual field trips for free and really get your kids excited about seeing and exploring the world.  Using Second Life you can have your kids visit famous places, monuments, etc they will most likely never get to see in real life.  You can teach them all about the place, show them literally what it looks like, and at many of these places there is educational opportunities you can take at advantage of along the way. You can also virtually visit a host of universities which often have educational games, information about their university and other videos that will benefit your students.  You can lead all your students around the world from your desk!  How cool is that?