Symbaloo: Share and Save Websites

Sharing the web with students can be a major challenge. I sometimes use QR code generators or url shorteners to direct students to a particular website. I recently discovered Symbaloo EDU, which can be a wonderful resource for teachers and students to easily manage the web.  Symbaloo is a website that allows users to save favorite online tools, resources, and websites about any topic. Symbaloo also has a mobile application!

 

Symbaloo EDU can be published and shared with colleagues, students, and parents.   You can even create specific folders that contain the websites for each unit you teach. Students can now go to one page for research or extended learning. Symbaloo can be used all year, as a resource sharing website for your students. You can also add the book-marker to your browser, which can be helpful when searching and saving the web.

Here’s a sample US History Brainpop Symbaloo

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Great Video about using Mobile Devices in the Classroom

I learned about Infinite Thinking Machine, which is a TV show designed for teachers from Ken Halla’s blog. I am constantly amazed with the wonderful resources I discover because of Ken. I highly recommend following Ken Halla on twitter @kenhalla and adding one of his many blog’s to your RSS feed.

The following video highlights interesting ways mobile devices can be used in the classroom to apply learning to the real world and connect the content to student’s lives. The video highlights ways you can use Instagram, TwitterPoll Everywhere, Text the Mob and Wiffitti, Google+ Hangouts, and create instructional videos on sites like Educreations in the classroom. I can’t wait to try a few of these ideas with my students. Check it out today!

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Educreations: Create and Share Video Lessons

I learned about Educreations,  from Infinite Think Machine; which is a free application for the ipad or a laptop that allows users to create virtual whiteboard lessons. Educreations has a clear audio voiceover, graphics, and the ability to post the interactive whiteboard to any social media website or blog.  This application can be used by students to help a classmate with a difficult math problem or historical time period.

Teachers can create a flipped lesson or assign educreations as a project with any unit of study. As a history teacher, I could see educreations as a useful resource. I think this would be an interesting way to introduce key vocabulary or review for the Regent’s exam. You could pair students together, assign them a vocabulary word, and have them create an interactive whiteboard video about the vocabulary word. You can then embed the videos online to view for homework, a video for class, or a review tool. The ideas are endless.

Here are a few examples:

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Technology Presentation at Ithaca College

I recently presented at “What is the Classroom of the Future?” to

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preservice teachers at Ithaca College on Thursday, April 12, 2012. I discussed some interesting and engaging ways to incorporate technology into your curriculum and teaching practice. Here is my powerpoint presentation:

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30 Web 2.0 Tools for Educators

I am sharing this post from Richard Byrne’s blog Free Technology 4 Teachers. Richard presented about his favorite Web 2.0 tools. I’ve used many of the tools he presented. I particularly love EasyBib, Google Reader, Twitter, Evernote, Poll Everywhere, Socrative, Dropbox, DropIttoMe, and Evernote. Check out this great list of tools to implement in your classroom.

View more presentations from Richard Byrne here.

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