Social Bookmarking: Diigo

Technology is constantly growing and evolving. It's been estimated that software, features, platforms, and the like become obsolete in 18 months. The continuous evolution enables and causes consumers to adapt to the way technology is used. Many times, it's because of the way we consume technology that causes a rapid shift in the usefulness of a product or tool. Smartphones have shifted the way we consume, process, and share information. Communication has shifted from desktop to mobile as e-mail and messaging apps are primarily accessed on smartphones. Social media has altered the way we access and share news and information. Major news publications are being archaic because the internet has opened the gates for user-generated content sites.
Another shift in technology is the ability to aggregate similar content from different sources and save it to one location. Diigo allows users to do things like highlight, bookmark, and tag content from a site and aggregate it and share within a community of like-minded users. Some sites allow you to highlight and notate content as an in-app feature. However, Diigo lets you visit different sites and capture content you deem interesting and tag for easy reference. A user need only go to Diigo and create a new account. Then, using the browser add on, diigolet, the user can start perusing internet pages and tag content they want to bookmark and potentially share. Social bookmarking is a new way to efficiently aggregate data that can be stored, tagged, annotated, and shared without having to use browser history or try and remember search terms that were previously used.
Here is the beginnings of my content aggregation: https://www.diigo.com/user/stephane3l. I have started out by researching content related to ADHD. As someone who suffers with it, along with two of my sons, I am continuously trying to read about any developments scientists, doctors, and educators are making in the cause and treatment of this disability. Using Diigo, I have been able to find different articles related to ADHD and different aspects of the disease. I am able to group the content together by subject matter, but also differentiate them based on the specificity of the content.

Here is one example of a content entry. The tags can group or separate the content as necessary. There is also the opportunity to write a description of the content based on my perception.

This screenshot shows a piece of content with the browser add on in use. In this instance, I'm using Safari with the add on added to my bookmarks. When I select the add on, a tool bar appears to the upper right that allows me to utilize different features. In this instance, a piece of content has been highlighted, and now it can be added to the Diigo library, bookmarked, or other options.

The concept of social bookmarking has many valuable aspects that can be utilized within education. In this instance, the opportunity to efficiently research and aggregate data on a particular topic is meaningful to me.