Rickard Louv and others have given us insights into how important it is to be out in nature for both our mental and physical health. The exercise, the improvement in brain function from using all our senses to ensure we don't go tumbling over cliffs (my words, not his) and the therapeutic values are so vital.
But there are many more reasons to step outside...
A good friend of mine has recently been interviewed by the local newspaper. As you read the article you will realize why I feel so honoured to be considered one of her friends.
This is the kind of person you may be fortunate to meet along the Bruce Trail.
Task #3
After attending the Drop In session and getting lots of help from LL I was able to access the Diigo program both in the lab and surprisingly!!! it worked from my home computer as well. I have bookmarked the site above as well as an interesting article in the Globe and Mail by Margaret Wente.
As far as tags go, it was interesting to see how the oh-so-clever computer suggested very appropriate tags itself. I added some more personal ones myself. I used the highlighter pen to test it out with my friend's article in the Burlington Post. When I inserted it onto this post, the highlighting disappeared so I went back to the Home Page Diigo site to find out why. Under the SEND option, I was told to choose ANNOTATED TEXT and when I did it seemed to work. For now anyway.
I think this is a good program especially for people working in two or more different environments and with more than one computer. I plan to suggest it to my kids and to my granddaughter in high school. As for me, since I'm generally on only one computer the flexibility that this program offers is not all that relevant although I do like the highlighting and capturing options.
My understanding is that Diigo stores your bookmarks and special effects (highlighting, tagging etc) on their server, thus making it possible for the user to move to different computers and Ipads etc. While this means great flexiblity (gosh, you can even bookmark an article, save it and then read it later on your IPAD while you're waiting in line at the supermarket!! Yikes!). However, for a website that contained information that was really important for me, I'd still prefer to cut and past it into a Word document and save it on my home computer. I guess this is like keeping your money in a sock under the bed, but at least I always know where my computer is... should the Diigo site suddenly disappear somewhere in cyberspace.
Task #3
After attending the Drop In session and getting lots of help from LL I was able to access the Diigo program both in the lab and surprisingly!!! it worked from my home computer as well. I have bookmarked the site above as well as an interesting article in the Globe and Mail by Margaret Wente.
As far as tags go, it was interesting to see how the oh-so-clever computer suggested very appropriate tags itself. I added some more personal ones myself. I used the highlighter pen to test it out with my friend's article in the Burlington Post. When I inserted it onto this post, the highlighting disappeared so I went back to the Home Page Diigo site to find out why. Under the SEND option, I was told to choose ANNOTATED TEXT and when I did it seemed to work. For now anyway.
I think this is a good program especially for people working in two or more different environments and with more than one computer. I plan to suggest it to my kids and to my granddaughter in high school. As for me, since I'm generally on only one computer the flexibility that this program offers is not all that relevant although I do like the highlighting and capturing options.
My understanding is that Diigo stores your bookmarks and special effects (highlighting, tagging etc) on their server, thus making it possible for the user to move to different computers and Ipads etc. While this means great flexiblity (gosh, you can even bookmark an article, save it and then read it later on your IPAD while you're waiting in line at the supermarket!! Yikes!). However, for a website that contained information that was really important for me, I'd still prefer to cut and past it into a Word document and save it on my home computer. I guess this is like keeping your money in a sock under the bed, but at least I always know where my computer is... should the Diigo site suddenly disappear somewhere in cyberspace.
Glad you were able to figure everything out after our stumbles on Saturday.
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