Blog Journal 6

     I would have to say that I find the use of diigo to be interesting to say the least. Its functions and similarly to facebook from what I have seen, with pages being dedicated to specific subject matter. My primary criticism of the application is that its UI is largely unappealing and makes using the site a bit of a pain. Thus I would have to say that I would prefer to use other sites with more appealing user interfaces. 

    My experience with blogging comes from my sue of both twitter and tumblr. My enjoyment of such experiences comes from the fact that it allows me to passively enjoy content created by others and curating my own experience to enjoy such things. From blogging I have learned both the modern application of the subjects that I am interested in and as such I feel as though my ability as an educator improves. As such I believe I will continue to indulge in blogging as a part of my PLN. 

    A tool I would like use that we have not discussed yet is that of reddit. Similar to facebook this website is composed of boards (called subreddits) on various topics. However, the primary difference lies in that that those boards function as chat rooms where people can post and respond to posts rather than belonging to a specific person. For this reason I believe that the site is useful when one is pursuing information on a specific topic, and as such can give the user specific discreet info. https://www.reddit.com/

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