Week 4

This week we were introduced to the concept of social bookmarking and it was demonstrated to us so we could use it in the future. As part of our e lab, we were required to set up our own Pinterest and Diigo accounts.

Pinterest is a is a social bookmarking website that allows users to create and manage theme-based image collections, such as events, interests and hobbies. In this case, we were asked to set up our own 'board', and then add a pin to that board. I also followed another Pinterest page and liked and repinned one of their photos. Along with our e lab, there was a tutorial video, helping newcomers to set up Pinterest, and displaying the various features.

We were also introduced to Diigo. I had never heard of this site before and I was curious to see how it worked. Diigo is a free social bookmarking, research, and knowledge sharing tool createdto mimic the ease of taking notes while providing a network for sharing and discoveringinformation. Diigo boasts many features including

1. Highlighting
2. Taking notes
3. Screen shots
4. Searching
5. Collaborating
6. Bibliographies
7. Sharing 

I genuinely thought that these two social bookmarjing sites stood to me, and I have used Pinterest especially, since setting up my account.