That is awesome! We get all those amazing links and sources from our peers! I loved the sharing and caring. We are not alone as we share and get the latest news on a topic. As I get used to new terminology,  websites, tools, subscriptions and what it has got to offer, I have noticed social bookmarking is a great time saver. In addition, it has a great deal to offer both educators and learners.

First, it is there for us! Teachers or students can share their interests as use it as a learning tool. You can see, review, add, quote, comment and use all that in a class, which may be a source of information or discussion for the group.

I am still getting familiar with Diigo, but I got an idea from this quote. "The site is largely about annotation, though. I can tell the Diigo toolbar to show me whenever a page I’m on has had notes left by myself or other users, whichever I prefer. I can leave stickynotes, private pop-up annotation, attached to any highlighted text and those notes will remain available whenever I return to the page later. I can also email a copy of any page, marked up with my notes, to people who are not Diigo users and they will still be able to see my annotation. Very cool." I guess Diigo could be used  with a group you are teaching, so that they become active collaborators.

We have to be optimistic and take risks in order to learn and go on. There have been wonderful contributions to my dashboard! Thank you, all. BTW, I loved Maria Cláudia´s  example on using videos in the classroom. http://en.yappr.com I have signed up for that one, too. I know somebody has said that, but I also wish my day had 48 hours.

 " High-tech learners"

Human beings are gifted creatures who are constantly searching and learning through different sources and environment. With a tremendous creative potential, young learners are constantly provided with a variety of activities, such as games, puzzles, drawing material, objects to make sounds, and toys to stimulate their understanding and learning at home and at school. They are the "high tech" generation. Due to constant demand on how to keep learners on, I believe educators are the bridge to plan and carry out approaches to anticipate and respond to student learning needs.

When I first started working with "Cyber Classes", a course for young learners at CTJ, I noticed the kids were eager to go to the MALL, our computer lab. They thought we were there for fun, but actually the goal was to use those tools to reinforce the lesson we had had before. They were engaged and following their own rhythm to accomplish their tasks. My Juvenile students were also very creative when using DFILM. Their output was always awesome.

Nowadays, my classes are very "tech controlled". I am having a teaching experience in North Carolina, where most Elementary Schools are equipped with computers, PDAS, smart boards and besides we have two computer labs. Students do not overreact about that. Those are their learning tools, which, in their opinion are easily handled. In my opinion, they are offered "controlled-tech activities".

Although we are offered all that, I got disappointed when I found out no online project could be posted. No picture of students could be published. That was very frustrating as I was coming from a school where I had been training to use WWW and make online projects to engage students. But I really I wanted to try something to help them learn something from Brazil. I wrote Erika Cruvinel and she managed to start a project, which worked. As the CTJ students wrote us back, I could not believe my eyes when I saw their excitement. They loved every single detail on those letters they got – the students' photos, uniforms, the hair style, the Barbie paper, the stickers, the kind words, and even the cursive handwriting. I wonder how much they could benefit from it if they have more interaction with students throughout the world.

My current students are coming to a school where the tech tools are available to extend their creative thinking. However, it limits their growth and creativity and interaction as to work on online projects.

"An important part of education is teaching children to be active
and informed international citizens. By studying the history,
culture, and languages of other countries, students gain invaluable
insights into how others live and learn important lessons about
respecting their fellow citizens of the world."
(Margaret Spellings, U.S. Secretary of Education)