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= Curation Tools =

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LiveBinders
LiveBinders is a website that allows you to view links like pages in a book instead of URLs on a page. PDF & Word documents can also be combined with links in a binder. Links & documents can be organized into tabs & sub-tabs. They are easy to share from the website, on desktops, or embedded in a class blog, wiki, or website.

Here are five ways to use LiveBinders with your students;
 * 1) LiveBinders can be used as online digital portfolios for students. Any Word or PDF document that a student creates can be added to a binder along with any web content they create.
 * 2) A Binder can be placed on desktops so that students don’t have to type in long URLs to access a website. This is a great time saver for classroom computers.
 * 3) Create your own “textbook” for students to access as a LiveBinder. You can easily add content to it & students can access the materials from any Internet connected computer
 * 4) Create an assignment LiveBinder with all worksheets, homework, links, & digital classroom materials.
 * 5) Students can create a Binder to keep themselves organized as they complete research projects. Students could turn in a final project as a LiveBinder that includes all of their web research, notes, & final written work.

Symbaloo EDU
Sharing the web with students can be a challenge, from long URLs to copying down the URL incorrectly. Web mixes takes out the challenging by sharing websites with your students.

Symbaloo EDU was created with educators in mind. It lets you gather your entire favorite online tools & sites into a web mix about the topics you teach. The web mixes can be published & shared with colleagues, students, & parents. Folders can be created that contain sites and resources that are related. Links can be added to slide shows, documents, videos, images, etc. Teachers can create a web mix for students to access using a unique URL with no registration required.

Classroom Ideas
 * Provide students with appropriate links for a research project
 * Provide students with websites that will give them with additional information or help on a topic
 * Students can use Symbaloo EDU as their electronic portfolio
 * Use it as a homepage for both students & parents to have access to your classroom website, recourses, etc. in one location

Weblist
Sending students to the Internet to explore websites often can be hit-or-miss with then often mistyping the URL. Weblist lets you pull together & organize content on the web. This website is particularly useful for education because of its visual feature. Each website is saved as a snapshot of that website with the website name & a description below. The visual appeal is ideal for younger students who are learning to read & will be able to reconginize the image first. Students can navigate easily between pages, because the list is embedded in Weblist, so the URL never changes.

Classroom Ideas
 * Online digital portfolios for students
 * Can be placed on desktops so that students don’t have to type in long URLs
 * Create your own “textbooks” for students to access
 * Create an assignment lists with all worksheets, homework, links, & digital classroom materials
 * Students can create lists to keep themselves organized as they complete research projects
 * Create a list of URLs centered on a theme
 * Find new ideas & websites by browsing other list