
Social Bookmarking
Web Tool:
Industry:
Studying for Nursing Exams
“Studying for Nursing Exams” is an activity that utilizes social bookmarking (Diigo.com) to research, add descriptions in order to find the best sites for studying for nursing exams.
Outcomes:
The learner will be able to:
- Research for and bookmark Canadian nursing sites
- Add descriptions to bookmarks
- Summarize content from research readings
Preparation:
- Note instructor needs to create a Diigo account for self as illustration
Delivery:
- Warm-up
- Teach the tool if necessary
- Discuss how to research internet for Canadian websites
- Presentation
- View instructor's Diigo bookmarking example
- Set parameters and expectations on the bookmarks the learners chose. For example, should learners choose blogs? Wikis? etc.
- Practice
- Research together finding the best sites to organize, store, manage and search for bookmarks as it relates to studying for nursing exams
- Add descriptions to these bookmarks, so that other students can understand the content of the resource
- Put sticky notes on the website to highlight text
- Compare bookmarks chosen with a partner; share and give rationale for choice of bookmarks
- Production
- Summarize ideas posted into two or more paragraphs
The Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLB) skills addressed by this activity are:
- Listening
- Speaking
- Reading
- Writing