Blog Journal #5

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My initial experience with Diigo was pretty good.  I like that it allows collaboration and it helps to save sites and other information that I would like to share and others can share with me.  This makes it easier if you are looking for resources.  Using Diigo allows a fresh start of material to use or I can use material that has been highlighted by others. 

This class is my first experience with blogging.  I like that blogging is a way to express your thoughts and get the thoughts of others. Blogging allows me to be me and communicate my thoughts and opinions.  Blogging also allows me to be creative with my blogs. I can get the thoughts and opinions of others as well as share mine.  Blogging also helps to get the thoughts and opinions of others on different subjects. 

A Web 2.0 tool that I am interested in using when teaching is Grammarly. Grammarly is great for a writing class or for assignments that require lots of writing.  Grammarly will help students to make sure their posts, messages, documents, and other written communication is free of mistakes.  Grammarly also helps students to make sure their writing is concise and is understood by the intended audience.  Grammarly also helps students to recognize plagiarism so they can make sure work or submissions are their own. 

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