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Peter ShierWeb 2.0 tips and tricks
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- A teacher can create student accounts for an entire class with just a few clicks (and student email addresses are optional for account creation)
- Students of the same class are automatically set up as a Diigo group so they can start using all the benefits that a Diigo group provides, such as group bookmarks and annotations, and group forums.
- To protect the privacy of students, student accounts have special settings which only allow their teachers and classmates to contact them and access their personal profile information.
- Ads presented to student account users are limited to education-related sponsors.
- Diigo announcement on their blog.
- FAQ Page for Teacher Account
- Diigo Educator Getting Started
So, how do you get a Diigo Educator Account? First, you'll need to apply here if you are an exsiting Diigo user. Once approved, the accounts will work as follows:
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Tresher gregoryMight need this some day!
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Joel BennettAllows teachers to create student accounts (even without email addresses) which are private, but shared to the rest of their class. Allowing students to communicate and share and markup web pages, without exposing their accounts to other Diigo users.
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In short, it allows teachers to create students accounts without the need for email, something that is typically a stumbling block for many Web 2.0 sites given that many younger students do not have email addresses.
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"Students on Diigo? Isn't that a social networking site?"
Yes, it is, but safegaurds have been put in place with the student accounts that limit the social aspects of the program.
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