I have been using Diigo for my social bookmarking site for over a year now and am still discovering great features. I was scanning some of my bookmarks when I saw the link to “My Lists“. My Lists allows me to create a specific collection of bookmarks on a particular topic. After I have added some of my bookmarks to My List, I can drag and drop bookmarks to arrange the order of the list. [...]

I just upgraded to Firefox 3 and have been pleased with the browser so far. But there has been one thing that really bothered me – the Send Link… command didn’t work! Since I share a lot of web resources with others, the ability to quickly send a web site is essential. Fortunately, I found a post by Mark Russell on a Firefox Google Group with directions for fixing this problem: In Firefox, type “about:config” [...]

A colleague of mine sent me this Wordle tip the other day. If you want a line of text to stay together when creating a word cloud, place the ~ symbol between the words. For example, if I were creating a Wordle based on my favorite musical groups, the text would look like this: Dave~Matthews~Band Matchbox~Twenty Soundgarden Audioslave Foo~Fighters The~Offspring Green~Day Here is the word cloud created by using the “~” to connect the titles [...]

I was working with a small group of teachers recently when the topic of F Keys came up. Since I like to play, I spent some time testing the F Keys in Firefox to see what they would do. Here is what I discovered… F1 – Will display the Firefox Help window. If you have a question or want to learn more about Firefox, this is a good place to start. F3 – Opens the [...]

Yes, it’s that time of year when most people spend some time reflecting on the past year and looking forward to the next. As I look back at this site, I am proud of what I have done but recognize that I have not posted as often as I would have liked. Therefore, I resolve this year to post more frequently to this site. There are a lot of good technology resources for teachers to [...]