Symbaloo

toc [|Symbaloo] - A visual webmix - a great tool for organizing your personal or professional online life and accessing it on all your devices in one place. Use as a Personal Learning Environment as part of your PLN and share with others.

Integrating Symbaloo into Classroom

 * Use to create a lesson plan for students
 * Draft assignment in Word, Google Docs and upload to Google Docs.
 * Change share option to anyone with link
 * Copy link and paste into webmix (see below)
 * Find images, slides, videos, links that help with lesson; create a tile with link to Wallwisher (online bulletin board)
 * Pre-select links and create a webmix for students to use; create webmixes around topics
 * [|Example]
 * Use as a group project platform - promote interaction (Skype, Twitter, Facebook)
 * Students use as a tool to gather resources for project - Promotes interaction among students
 * Use tools like Twitter, Skype, Facebook for communication (sharing resources)
 * Use RSS feeds and other links to gather information (resources for topic)
 * Have students present project using Symbaloo linking to Google doc for paper, other online artfact, or a Blog - a blog allows for others to comment.
 * Use as a student online portfolio
 * Good assignment for students to learn Web 2.0 tools
 * Add photos and avatars as themselves for the tiles
 * Example - social network sites, blogs, awards, other online mentions (picslice), works
 * Create a webmix with links on one side to students' blogs; links to e-portfolios/wikis/etc. on the other side
 * Create a webmix of tools and resources that your class uses often
 * Use as an ice breaker at the beginning of the year
 * Ask each student to compile their favorite sites in one webmix
 * Then share with class. Nice way to find students with common interests

Sample 7th Grade Student PLE
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Tales from a K-1 Classroom - Symbaloo

Embed Google Doc to Webmix
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Embed RSS Feed to Webmix
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Embed YouTube Video to Webmix
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Share your Webmix with Others
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