Digg

= **Digg** =

Resources links and/or class examples
[|Digg] [|Social Media in the Classroom]

Strengths

 * Discover and share content from anywhere on the web.
 * Submitting stories is a one step process.
 * Create your own “my news”, that is based on what __you__ want to know about.
 * Easily integrated onto own site using buttons or widgets.
 * News is organized by topic.
 * Can be connected to other accounts (Twitter, Facebook, Google).
 * Applications and a mobile version are both available to the user.

Weaknesses

 * Users cannot be blocked from following your activity.
 * Only supports the most updated browsers.
 * Content may be blocked by district.

Opportunities
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 * Students can follow people or publishers (such as The Wall Street Journal).
 * Students can comment on stories, giving their own opinions as to what is going on in the world around them.

Threats

 * Some content could be inappropriate for younger students.
 * With comments enabled, some could be abusive.

Ideas for the classroom

 * Daily updates on current events in politics, world news, technology, and others.
 * Specific subject area searches for news relevant to any classroom.
 * Students can follow each other, creating their own network of worthy news.
 * Quickly show students how to examine bias and reliability in the news.