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Discover an accessible way to organize and share web resources with Symbaloo, a free and visually appealing tool. Jayme Linton, an expert in instructional technology, provides tips on creating, organizing, and sharing webmixes for educators. Learn how to categorize web resources effectively and utilize Symbaloo for various educational purposes.
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Presented by Jayme Linton Discover an Easy Way to Access, Organize, and Share Web Resources
About Jayme Linton Director of Teacher Education, Lenoir-Rhyne University Instructional Technology Facilitator and Staff Development Coordinator, Newton-Conover City Schools Doctoral student at UNC-G Taught elementary for 6 years Instructional Coach for 3 years Twitter: @jaymelinton Skype: jaymelinton http://techtipsforteachersblog.blogspot.com
Why Use Symbaloo? Access favorite sites from any computer Organize sites using multiple webmixes Free Visually appealing way to organize websites Easily share webmixes with others
My Webmixes • Personal webmix I use as my Internet browser home page • Contains sites I visit most often • My favorite tech tools • iPad pilot resources • Collaborative web 2.0 tools • Virtual field trips • Tools for getting organized online • Resources for course I teach for pre-service teachers I will post links to these webmixes in the backchannel!
Ideas for Webmix Categories • Grade level • Content area • Class period • Topic or unit of study • Author • Genre
Symbaloo Tips • Browse and save webmixes that are already created • Organize tiles in a way that makes sense for you and those who will be using your webmix • Share your webmix with colleagues, students, and parents by posting the link • Set Symbaloo as your Internet browser home page
Webmix Creation: Starting from Scratch • Click “Add a Webmix” • Add websites as tiles • Many popular sites have their own tiles • You will have to create tiles for some sites • Drag tiles to organize them on the webmix
Webmix Creation: Import Bookmarks • Import bookmarks from: • Browser • Diigo • Delicious • http://importer.symbaloo.com/
Symbaloo Bookmarker • Add tiles while you browse the web • From your Symbaloo page, click “Bookmarker” (below your webmix) • Download the bookmarker tool for your browser of choice
Symbaloo Demo • Create a webmix • Add tiles • Edit webmix • Share webmix
Wrap Up • How will you use Symbaloo? • What questions do you have? jayme.linton@lr.edu Twitter: @jaymelinton Skype: jaymelinton http://techtipsforteachersblog.blogspot.com