Learning with Lori

I’ve spent the last week exploring and learning about Diigo. Diigo is a social bookmarking tool. Finally learned the correct pronunciation, long e sound as if spelled deego. What’s amazed me the most is how my PLN of educators is selfless in offering help and sharing. The suggestions for using Diigo are so interesting. And today, on a Sunday morning, a presentation was set up by Lisa Parisi with the developers of Diigo and others who have been using it. At one time there were about 40 people in the session. There are things I really like about Diigio and other’s I’m still not sure about. I don’t see me using it with students yet, not even sure my teachers will embrace it. But as I learn more about the powers of Diigo I will share and use it with my PLN. Warning - there are lots of emails when you start adding contacts. I’m glad I didn’t use my regular school email to register for Diigo.

I am amazed at what I learn from my PLN. I could spend the whole day just learning from all of you! Unfortunately I have to walk away from twitter and SL sometimes and I’m sad if I missed a chance to view a ustream live so I can interact with everyone. The backchannel is another avenue for learning. Of course I can go back and watch the ustream later, but it’s not the same. I am behind on reading many blogs, but do keep up on the DEN blogs. As the DEN is a big part of my PLN, both in SL and RL. I just can’t seem to catch up on all the other blogs I have in my reader. I so appreciate everyone’s incites and ideas, and I try to comment when appropriate. I especially enjoy blogs that share practical applications I can use, projects I can share, best practices and tricks of the trade. Everyday my PLN expands, but there’s that core group I know I can count on when I need help. So thank you PLN, for helping me grow to be a better person, educator and learner. I hope that as I find my voice on this blog, I will be able to share more with my DEN PLN. As I told someone just tonight, I find conversation so much easier, twitter , IM and SL than creating a blog post or reflections and ideas. I will try to find my niche as a blogger. Taking some baby steps here.