Digg-Audrey+Larcom

Digg:

Digg is a collaborative site based in bringing together interesting information from all across the Internet. Members post online about the top headlines or a random blog. Users vote on the best posting and that is how it is decided what is on the home page.

**(1) Resources links and/or class examples ** http://about.digg.com/ http://twitter.com/#!/digg Provides links to websites that may not have been known about before using Digg. Useful for collaborating and publishing. Changes constantly to provide new and engaging information. Includes many advertisements which may lead students to inappropriate websites. Information posted may not be relevant to what you are researching. Students will be lead to websites that are inappropriate. **For my classroom, I would only use Digg if one of the websites was created that was focused directly at education. In using those websites, I would have students research material for projects, post online blogs, and respond to what they read. I would also teach researching skills through this website.**
 * (2) SWOT **
 * (a) Strengths ** Focuses largely on the users. Users are able to vote to see which stories, websites, videos, etc. are posted.
 * (b) Weaknesses ** Articles voted on by the community, so all information may not be appropriate.
 * (c) Opportunities ** Digg could create spinoff websites that are for educators and students. These websites would assure that the material being presented is appropriate and relevant. They could always make it so that in order to join you would have to have school credentials to make sure it is safe.
 * (d) Threats ** Students can be exposed to inappropriate material.
 * (3) Ideas for the classroom **