My initial experience with Diigo has been neutral. I have literally only used the extension to bookmark one page, so I don't really have that much experience yet. It is easy to use and figure out, it seems. I like the option of sharing bookmarks with groups, or just creating folders for yourself. I think this would be a great research tool that would help students who were conducting research because it allows one to take notes very easily. I can also see the benefits of a teacher using this in their class because it clearly allows one to collect research or pages in one convenient location.
As for my experience blogging, it honestly has been tedious. I have maintained a personal blog for the past six years, and the way I run my personal blog is quite different. Of course, that is something I do entirely on my time and is centered around my interests, so there is a world of difference there. Blogger is a really easy website to use, which I certainly appreciate as someone who has spent time on various other blogging platforms. I enjoy writing, and I enjoy writing for academic purposes, but I have not enjoyed writing in this context because I don't feel like it asks much more of me than simply checking boxes. I am perfectly willing to perform my academic duties but feel no enthusiasm for this activity.
Since I want to be a high school history teacher, I think learning how to understand, talk, and write about history will be very important to my future classroom. With this in mind, I would like to implement an app into my classroom that would encourage discussion among students. The iOS app, "US History Timeline" would function as a great starting point for discussions. The app provides a little background information on important American history events in a timeline format. I don't think relying on the app for all the information would be ideal, so I would treat it more as a way to get students interested in history.
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