I have been talking about having a difficult time containing the resources I find useful. I always feel overwhelmed at all of the tools out there that are available to teachers and I fear that I'll find things I want to remember and use in the future but never make it back to the site to actually utilize it. After looking over the list of websites winners, I chose to look further into Diigo. I know it is one we use for our class where we can share websites but I didn't really consider it being a website I can use to organize my own websites I want to remember. I find it very helpful that I can organize my 'library' by lists so I know exactly what I am looking at. I can organize a list especially for teaching, and if it gets down to it, grade level. I can also have lists I want to remember for personal use and keep those sites separated from the ones I want to save for teaching. I can add tags to each site I add so I can search for a specific topic. And I can high-lite certain sections or paragraphs so I don't have to re-read every single site just for the one piece of information. I am going to start using this site now for my classes I am currently enrolled in. I plan to save the sites I need for research papers so if I need to go back, I can look at the site I got the source from and also high-lite the section I picked to use. I don't feel so overwhelmed and freaked out now by all the resources I find, I just have to be sure I actually utilize this site and don't let it be forgotten.
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