Diigo GICA

I really enjoyed the use of Diigo in class especially with the article I read. I tend to skim when I read so when I saw sections highlighted by my classmates I was more inclined to read the sentence and their sticky note. I also enjoyed my article on the use of podcasts, such as Serial, in the classroom and learning how it benefited children in reading while still open their mind up to imagination in the storytelling process.

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