A Place for everything

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Symbaloo- great start page- designed to allow the user to create a personalized start page with visual links to all their book marks. It's kind of like a desktop for the web...on the web.
Here is what it looks like-

 Each of the squares can be customized to link directly to your favorite sites. Also, you can access this from any computer by logging in and the links are sharable.
Overall, it's very similar to other online bookmark collection accounts. Some users may prefer the colorful, visual interface.
I can see this being a handy tool for teachers. Teachers or Library Specialists could create themed Symbaloo pages to guide students on research topics. This could be a good starting point for a 'web quest' or 'virtual field trip'.