Symbaloo for Education

At ISTE 12 in San Diego, I attended a party co-hosted by Symbaloo.  Symbaloo is another social bookmarking site, but not like any other I have seen.  It tiles your bookmarks in a more visual fashion.  In order to receive my pass to the party I had to visit their booth.  Upon speaking to a representative, they suggested to check out their site and my immediate question was, "Can I import my bookmarks from Delicious?" 

Today I tested that question by using the link that was given to me, and it was an easy 3 step process.  I was impressed, yet mad at myself for not tagging my bookmarks better in Delicious first. It organized my bookmarks without tags alphabetically.  So now I feel the need to go back and reorganize, but I don't know how time consuming that will be!

The great thing about Symbaloo is that you can create a Webmix, or list of bookmarks and share easily through email, Twitter or Facebook.  I can see many uses for this in the world of education.  A Webmix of links for students on a specific topic to research, or one for teachers to share among one another.  Again, the thing I like most is how it is represented visually and has a Google search built in.  I haven't played with the bookmarking tool yet, but it seems similar to the Delicious tool I was already using.  Lesson learned: tag your bookmarks!!!!

One of my Symbaloo Webmixes

The Basic Version is Free and they offer premium packages for school districts and teachers.
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