Okay, that may be stretching it a little bit. But you know the feeling. If this HAS happened to you before though, you know how frustrating it is. Now, for quite some time, I have been using a tool called LiveBinders. I have loved this tool. It's really just like the name says. Livebinders is a system of online "binders". When you have a document or a website you want to save, at a location that you can access ANYWHERE, you put it into LiveBinders. You can also check out some other folks' Binders to see if they have anything of interest for you to add. My binders, because I am an educator, are coded by subject. I also have a binder labeled General, with a large variety of free teacher websites. Feel free to check it out!
Now, don't get me wrong, I do love LiveBinders. It will forever have a piece of my heart. But recently, I kind of started cheating on LiveBinders--don't tell him!! I found out a great new resource called Diigo. It's has essentially all of the functions that LiveBinders does, BUT it's even better. It's like upgrading your ex boyfriend! Check out the YouTube video to learn more about it. Teachers can also sign up for a FREE educators account.
What I love most about Diigo is that when I am on a website, I can click my Diigo icon on my toolbar and simply add it to my Library! You can also join groups in Diigo, make your own groups and share websites in the groups your are a part of. I will be adding all of my students to a group, and then sharing websites with them that we will use throughout the year. No more copying down the website in each of their folders to remember! Woohoo! You can also highlight websites and add sticky notes, that will remain on your saved website when you hit the highlight icon again! Now for those of you using CCSS based curriculum, with all of the fun annotating, this is perfect! There are numerous other ways to use Diigo in your classroom. Check out this website for more! Or if you are more of a visual person, check out the YouTube below.
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