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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
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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