Symbaloo+Expert+Group

By: Brandy Lenz, Chelsea Piatak, & Elizabeth Difucci  **ABOUT** []

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Description
Symbaloo is a free website that lets users bookmark all their most important websites together in a format that is easy to use. By simply clicking on the websites tile, you are taken directly to the webpage through a seperate window. Each group of websites is called a webmix, and each webmix is found on a different tab. The user can have multiple tabs, each designed for a seperate purpose (social networking, search engines, music pages, etc). The user can drag and drop items to organize them in a way that is easy and conveinent. You can either search tiles to add in the search bar, or you can create your own. Users can view their home webmix or browse webmix collections, so long as they are public. News highlights and major news are also accessible through tabs on the Symbaloo homepage. Additionally, users can utilize a small application that is presented in the middle of the screen. Applications/tiles that can influence the center block are rss modules, search modules, widgets, and media modules. From there, users can search directly in Google or even check their e-mail.



Moreover, users are not confined to the auto-populatd number of tiles on any given webmix. Should you want to minimize or maximize the number of tiles, simply click on "edit webmix" and use the arrows to select how many columns or rows are desired.



How can you learn it?
Although at first Symbaloo may seem overwhelming to new users, it is extremely user-friendly. While exploring this social bookmarking website, one way to become familiar with it may simply be to navigate through the varying tiles and tabs. When visting the website for the first time, there is also a tile users can click on which demonstrates how to use Symbaloo. After viewing the tutorial, it will prompt first time users where and how to create an account. In the beginning stage of learning how to use this website, a user may become overwhelmed with the complexity of the website. For beginners, it may also be a good idea to watch tutorials on how to navigate the site.

=Web site address, creator, access= Symbaloo's website is [|www.symbaloo.com]. It was founded in March 2007 and managed by TRUE webhosting. Symbaloo is free and available for everyone to use. = = =Educational/Classroom uses= Symbaloo is made to organize any types of websites you would like! It is helpful for educational and classroom uses. As a student, you can organize and group together different websites you are using for a project, or paper. You can have a webmix for a history class, another for a math class, and another for a science class, etc. As an educator, you can create a class Symbaloo page, where you can give your students access to different credible resources, such as primary sources, timelines, videos, games, and links to any pages you use in class. Symbaloo EDU is the educational version of Symbaloo that is currently being developed for students, educators and schools. A tool to help educators organize and integrate the best online tools and resources according to subject.

What have you learned?
Can a user alter the number of tiles presented within a webmix?

A. A user can add more rows but cannot add more columns. B. A user can add more columns but cannot add more rows. C. A user cannot add columns or rows. D. A user can add both columns and rows.

The varying "tabs" where a user can add and organize tiles are called what?

A. Symbaloo navigation buttons B. Symbaloo Webmixes C. Symbaloo tabs D. Symbaloo cookies