3-D-2 Social Bookmarking Lesson Plan 

Diigo Lesson Plan - Invention Research

Brief Description:  Students will work together in groups to learn information about inventions/inventors.  Diigo will be used to organize and share their information with classmates. 

Grade Level: 5th Graders

Major Objectives:
1.  The student will research and become familiar with an invention that they are familiar with.
2.  The student will research and become familiar with an invention that is new to them.
3.  The student will use Diigo to organize and collect the information that will be needed to complete their project. 
4.  The student will utilize bookmarks, capture and highlights in order to organize information.

Equipment: Use of one computer for each student, worksheet to help students follow the needed process and ensure they are collecting proper information, pencil/pen, paper

Procedure:

1. You have been assigned to research 2 famous inventions. You must pick 1 invention that you do not know anything about, and 1 invention that you are familiar with.

2.  All research must be completed on the Internet.  Use Diigo.com to compile your research and share with teammates.  

3. You must share materials with others in the class.

4. You can work with others in your group to research the inventions or you can work alone.

5. You must answer the questions that are listed on the separate Google Doc.

6. If you have questions, (C3B4Me)

7. Work quickly, quietly, carefully.

8. This project will need to be completed by the end of the period. 

Assessment:  Check for understanding by having the students collaborate with each other in their groups.  They will need to begin preparing their group presentation to present to the class. 

3-E-3 Diigo thd107

    Diigo is a great resource and I see benefits using the site, however, personally, I am not a huge fan of the site.  There is not one thing against the site, I just prefer to use the RSS feeder over Diigo. Diigo is just one more tool out there and sometimes I think people use the site just to say they use technology.  I had had an account for awhile, however I don't always check it and sometimes forget that I even have the account.  

  This could benefit me as a teacher getting updates on new articles, tools, software and other useful sites, but to me it is just one more thing to check as a teacher.  There is a lot of things that teachers have to check - Diigo is just one more thing to check for updates.  I would prefer to just use the RSS feeder rather than both, RSS feeder and Diigo.