Creator: Digg Inc. | visit site
Grade Range: 6 - 11
Digg is a social news network similar in some qualities to Facebook and other such social media. You can post stories you find interesting and browse "Top Stories" which are more or less the most popular stories shared by others on the Internet. It is meant to share a snapshot of the most interesting, relevant, quirky, and fun content on the web! Once you sign up, you can start to Digg your own favorites. This site also features "Digg Dialogg" where members submit questions to notable leaders and community members decide on which questions will be asked and interviews are shared on the site. <b>Be sure to preview items that you wish to share. Noted were a few "violent" warnings at the time of this review, but the other 99% of the shared items were excellent for use in the classroom</b>.
In the Classroom
Try using Digg as a warm up Internet activity in the beginning of the school year by having older students sign up for their own account. Have them scan and read as part of current events teaching. The articles can be controversial which provides a great place to start debates. Are you beginning to integrate technology into your classroom? Use a tool such as WeJIT, <a href="/single.cfm?id=15667">reviewed here</a>, or if you are a more experienced technology user try Virtual Debate, <a href="/single.cfm?id=17537">reviewed here</a>, which has online examples and resources for conducting virtual debates, to formalize a debate topic. Digg also provides an excellent resource for research. Have students make a multimedia presentation using Genial.ly, <a href="/single.cfm?id=17621">reviewed here</a>. Genial.ly allows you to add polls, videos, embeds, web links, PowerPoint, PDFs, and you can create a variety of formats like interactive posters, images, infographics, charts, presentations, and more.
At Home
Like to read online news, but dislike the skew created by big news networks? This site removes the media bias by using the people’s favorites. Use to read interesting and thought-provoking articles.
Tags
news, social networking, debate,
Subjects
Computer Literacy, Current Events, English, Government/Civics: U.S, Health, History & Culture: The Americas, History & Culture: World, Language Arts, Math, Reading, Science, Social Studies, Social Studies, Writing,