Blog Journal #6

    Personally, I do not like Diigo. When I first created an account, it made me re-do the sign-up three separate times and was much more complicated than it should have been. I'm not very fond of the setup of Diigo because there is a lot of clutter on my screen, which confounds my focus and concentration. The fonts on the website also bother me because they are so small and close together, making it hard for me to read because I have dyslexia. Because of that, I have to concentrate extra hard on the words and zoom in. If it were up to me, I would choose not to use Diigo again in a personal or academic setting. 

    I like blogging because I enjoy both writing and designing. The design comes with Blogger, and I can choose my own font, colors, size, etc. Sometimes I wouldn't say I like blogging when there is a question I have to answer that does not interest me very much. However, this goes for most people. I have learned how better to use Grammarly in my blogging because I use it to check my writing. I have found that I can add goals to my writing, accomodating what assignment I am doing. 

    An exciting Web 2.0 tool that I have used in the past in classroom settings was FlipGrid. FlipGrid, which we used during the first week of assignments, is a Web 2.0 tool that allows students to post a video of themselves answering a question, voting their opinion, or taking part in a discussion for a class or group. FlipGrid is nice because you can add filters, backdrops, draw on the screen, insert pictures or videos, and other fun effects. My review for FlipGrid is: I absolutely love it - it's easy, fun, you can get a lot out of it, and it's an excellent alternative for class discussions for children who have social anxiety or are afraid to speak their minds in front of others. The only downside is sometimes I wish I could post something privately to the teacher if I have personal information in my video. Therefore, my rating would be a 9.1 out of 10.  Click here for the link to my example FlipGrid.