Symbaloo
Another Social Bookmarking Website
With Symbaloo You Surf the Web
With One Click to All of Your Favorite Websites :-)
Symbaloo is an easy to use app and best of all, it’s free. With Symbaloo you have all of your favorite websites at your fingertips, anywhere and always. Choose your favorite websites and within a few clicks you can create your very own homepage and webmix. A webmix is a collection of links about one topic. With an account your favorites are available on any smartphone, PC, Mac, iPad and tablet. Wherever you go, you always have access to your favorite websites. Simple, easy and with one click you can go anywhere on the web!
Hundreds of thousands of people are already using Symbaloo as their homepage.
The main advantages of Symbaloo are:
• Never have to type in an address manually.
• With one click you go anywhere on the web.
• Add a new website with one click to your Symbaloo.
• Never lose your favorite websites again.
• You can access Symbaloo from any computer and mobile device (the app on mobile devices is free too). Just search for a topic and with the touch of a finger you can add them to your Symbaloo.
Take a minute to watch the following videos about social bookmarking & Symbaloo:
Assignment:
You will be going to the Symbaloo website and will create your own Symbaloo (social bookmarking) account so that you are able to save your favorite and most used (appropriate) web sites.
Go to the Symbaloo website
Select Log In
Sign Up With Google
Once signed into your account, you will need to create a new Webmix. To do this click on the blue plus sign on the upper right of your screen (see below) and title it, Middle School Computers.
Each individual square is called a Tile. You will now begin bookmarking various websites. To do this, you will be creating tiles for 35 websites. These required bookmarks can be found by accessing the Symbaloo Requirements assignment.
Linking Your Symbaloo to Your Electronic Portfolio
Copy the URL to your Symbaloo account
Log into your Electronic Portfolio
Click on the More button (top right) and select Edit Site Layout
Click Navigation on your Sidebar on the left side of your website
Select Add URL
Text to Display: My Symbaloo URL or Email: Paste the URL to your Symbaloo here
When you click on the link to your Symbaloo, you should be taken directly to your bookmarked links.
Click here to be taken to Symbaloo Requirements