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These past couple of weeks have been my first experiences using Diigo. I had never heard of this website before recently, and truthfully struggled in how to use the website. I like that the website allows you to easily find different links and save the ones you find useful to your library. I don't like Diigo for the set up of the site. The website is older looking and could use a facelift to make it modern and appealing to more current websites.

Blogging has not been what I expected it to be. Before this class, I didn't know too much about blogs; I was not aware that blogs were customizable and that they can have different links that lead to different areas of the blog page. One of my favorite things about blogging is getting to customize each post to make it look 'cute'! However, I am not a huge fan of how each person with a blog can have them set up differently. Though unique touches are nice, sometimes it takes me a bit to figure it out. So far I have learned many design techniques which has been fun to use! Overall, though I have learned mostly just how to operate a blog and the purposes that they can hold.

One of my favorite Web 2.0 tools is Kahoot! Kahoot is a great way for student's to showcase what they know and be publicly recognized by not only their teacher, but their peers as well. This tool is great for learning because students can showcase what they know quickly but having to think on their feet, and teachers get a chance to observe in a laid back, relaxed environment. Teachers can make their own questions for a kahoot, or allow students to create their own based on the information they know. I think Kahoot is a 9.5/10 platform overall. The only reason I would not rate it a 10 is because sometimes students click the answer to quick in an effort to 'win' the game and accidentally click the wrong answer. 

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