Time to revise my plan! I was feeling bogged down this week trying to tackle both Diigo and Evernote at the same time. I didn't know where to start, so I'm going to slow the pace down and focus more on Diigo this week, and more on Evernote next week.
I've worked with both tools enough to know that there is crossover between what they can do:
- Both can act as internet "collectors". (With Evernote, you clip a webpage or just the URL, whereas with Diigo, you bookmark it.)
- Both use tags to organize your information.
- Both are searchable.
- Both allow you to share content with others.
- Both tools would be useful in the classroom for teachers and students alike
- Diigolet is an easy tool to quickly bookmark a page with tags and move on.
- Diigo serves as a vast resource center for sharing and commenting on research
- Evernote's notebook feature allows to you categorize many aspects of life/work
- Evernote has the ability to keep personal notes, photos, and voice memos unattached to websites
References
Ebersole, Ray. (2010, December 23). Evernote vs. diigo - a replacement for Delicious? [web log post]. Retrieved from http://edutechation.wordpress.com/2010/12/23/evernote-vs-diigo-a-replacement-for-delicious/
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ReplyDeleteI am doing a Masters of Ed and Lib as well. Which one are you doing?
Hi! I"m doing my Masters in Teacher-LIbrarianship through the University of Alberta. You?
DeleteI am also doing my masters and have used diigo for the first time -- at the END of my masters and undergrad! oh dear. I love the features but look forward to reading about evernote -- as I hope never to have to write another paper again!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on being almost done!! I'm only half way through. I started using Diigo during my first Masters course - it's been indispensable.
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ReplyDeleteI have been wrestling with this same problem and I really appreciate your comments. I'm going to spend more time with Diigo and see how it works for my endeavors.
Thank you for this post. Yes, Diigo is definitely better for research. But I am torn if I am merely bookmarking and clipping. It seems like Evernote is more visually appealing and does almost the same basic things as Diigo. In addition, Diigo seems to be going downhill lately, though the developers suggest a new version is coming out soon. Then again, Diigo seems more flexible; it seems easier to share items, group items in lists, have other people collaborate and add to your items. Most of all, Diigo allows for annotation, whereas Evernote lets you just highlight (using Evernote Clearly). I am stumped. Any other ideas?
ReplyDeleteYes, Diigo is probably in need of a interface makeover. I still prefer it, though, to Evernote for simply keeping track of websites. Evernote clipper is more cumbersome and I don't need a copy of the website, I just need to be able to find the site again with the tags I generate. I use Evernote clipper to clip stuff brief items like recipes - I have a cookbook notebook in Evernote for that purpose. I also use Evernote to keep track of notes from in-service sessions, PDFs and Word docs that I want to back up, etc. Since I wrote this post, my use of both tools has solidified into Diigo for quick tags to remember sites and Evernote as a personal organization tool. I'm not sure if that answered your question??
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