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Blog #8

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I definitely did gain quite a few new skills with Diigo.  Prior to working with this platform, I was extremely into bookmarking.  I am constantly bookmarking all the important things I need on a day-to-day basis and storing them on my Bookmarks Bar.  This is such an effective way to keep track of everything and stay organized.  With Diigo I was able to take that initial skill and now learn how to make these bookmarks public and accessible for everyone.  A skill that I gained from this process, that I actually really appreciate, is the ability to make public comments/highlighting on the actual page being bookmarked.  This helps you keep track of thoughts and voice your opinions and understandings of the content.  I think it could definitely be beneficial in a classroom setting during a research process for a particular project because of its way to compile findings into one central place. PowerPoint is a really great platform to creatively display you...

Blog #7

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So far, Twitter has been a pretty easy and insightful experience.  Being pretty familiar with it before I felt as though I didn't necessarily have to learn anything new.  Despite being out of touch with it for a few years I immersed myself back into the platform and it seemed like I never left.  Using Twitter has a lot of benefits, personally and professionally.  The one that I feel is the most beneficial are the connections that can be made through it.  This helps a lot of people who are just starting a career in their field and then can learn about companies or people that might interest them and find ways of getting into further contact with them.  Twitter allows you to personally create a brand for yourself based on the content you post and the people you follow and interact with on there. I had a pretty great time designing my website!  I found it very enjoyable to create something in a really hands on way.  There were times when I found th...