Week 4:Curating the Web

Hi everyone,

In week 4 report and reflection, I learn the new content. I've never heard of Diigo and Delicious that I explored the two software, but I prefer to use the Diigo. Diigo's biggest feature is the web page of online marking function, in the words of CNET, " if in the midst of a 3000 - word article, you only need a word, you can know that mark on the website is a how practical things". Diigo is mean Digest of Internet Information or Groups and Other stuff is a powerful resource search and management tools and that is a knowledge sharing platform, you have a web space of their own, you can also collect or often go to the page that yourself like, you can edit the page at the same time, such as highlighting, small comments, and you can add annotations.

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 Diigo mainly includes five major characteristics is: First of all, Diigo offers the best annotation services online. What does this really mean? Diigo makes network books. Web page online marking function, Diigo allows users to comment a paragraph of text, record yourself some of the ideas in a passage, the next time you log in the web, these can be displayed. You can be in any web page to add highlight the focus of the logo and paste anywhere individual ­ comments at the same time, once you to this page to add a comment, then you can save this page permanently, that is to say, you can at any time anywhere in the network computer to see what you do.

Second, diigo has the most powerful tool for web clipping, more important is what you clip can be shared and search. Diigo is not only a good personal bookmarks, and it is a very good network share and search platforms. The web of notation is Shared by default, anyone can find others to sort out good the Internet is readily available information on the website. For example: such as ­ if you recently on the Internet to collect information about hairdressing reducing weight and use of Diigo to web annotation, tidy up all the information of the set after a project, when other users to collect similar topic, all the data can be found in the Diigo that you need not again slowly gathering.

Third, a huge cooperation platform. Highlight and network function can be used to communicate online and sharing. For example, what are you going to do about a research then you can register as a user on the diigo and you will search the material added to the diigo, let the other diigo users can share to the information you collect, you can also share the others on the investigation and study materials. Even ­ you can create a group, a panel discussion topic then invite other scholars or other users to participate in your research. Group set up in the diigo as a think tank,  it will provide help for your study.

Fourth, the specialty search tools and unique content search menu. Like Google's tool library, but to become more professional, you can to the music, maps, reference, local libraries­ for related searches. Diigo including blog search for related content, full-text search, web search, Diigo website, MSN search, and Google search, etc. It can be provided by a simple search tool. Search function is powerful. To full text of the subject, content, keywords, you can also use does not include the search, such as ­ I do not want to include a keyword can also search.

Fifth, Diigo group BBS functions, it team BBS allow users to initiate and participate in the discussion. A group of management Personnel can according to the primary good species to set up the group marks or allow group own marks. Behind a method from the sub ­in giving users more free space. When you joined the others members of the group in which you can see  bookmarks, and so on. of course, you can also build a group, for their own group to add an address in the diigo connection, the classification of their own group, the characteristics of group identity, and you can very easy by mail ­ invite friends to join your group.