Session 4 Work Plan

Click here to get started with SymbalooEDU:

HELPFUL SYMBALOO INFORMATION LINKS:

1. Click the orange Free Version button

2. Click the blue SymbalooEDU Free Version button

3. Complete the required fields (name, email address, & create a password.

4. Agree to receive updates to learn helpful hints

5. Agree to their terms and conditions

6. Click on Create My Account

The Basics:

1. Create a webmix - a collection of similar content

   1. Click the + sign on the tab bar

   2. Name it or search for a webmix in the Symbaloo gallery

2. Add a tile - a link to a desired site

• 1. Click any blank tile

  2. Choose to create a tile or search a tile

  3. Add the URL, choose to have the text (name) appear, alter the color, and add an icon for easy recognition

3. Share a webmix - so students can easily access the content on a webmix

• 1. Click the Share button above the tabs

  2. Select Privately With Friends

  3. Click the orange Share My Webmix button

  4. Copy the URL link (right side of the dialogue box)

  5. Paste this link on your web page or shorten it with Goo.gl

4. Shorten the URL for a shared webmix

• 1. Search Google for goo.gl which is their URL shortener

  2. Paste the shared webmix link in the box

  3. Click Shorten URL

  4. Write the shortened URL on board for students

THIS IS CASE SENSITIVE!

• 1. Symbaloo User Guide - PDF file

  2. Tuesday Tutorial - a vast collection of "how to" videos

  3. Click the orange Start Using This Webmix button to add this webmix to your Symbaloo

  4. Thursday Did You Know - more "how to" information for using Symbaloo's many cool features

1. How to create a tile

2. Create, organize, and hide webmix tabs

   1. How to share a webmix - create a personal learning environment

      1. Once shared, the share icon will be blue.

   2. When additions are made be sure to click the circular arrow to update the webmix.

3. How to change the center box

• • 1. Change the search engine used

    2. Use a widget (Twitter or Facebook feed, calculator, clock...)

4. Make a shared webmix your own

• 1. Embed a Symbaloo webmix on a Google Site - Put an interactive webmix, not just a link to a webmix, on a Google Sites webpage.

Cathy's Teacher Tools Webmix

Tagxedo

• • The best part of this site is that you can constrain the words into a wide variety of shapes.

  • As usual in word cloud generators there is a variety of choices for colors, themes, fonts, orientations, and layouts. Just play around with them!

  • Tagxedo offers easy saving options in a wide variety of file sizes.

  • Images can be sent straight to Twitter and Facebook or they can be printed on objects (mugs, t-shirts, tote bags, etc.) via the Tagxedo website.

Wordle

• • You can alter the color, font, and layout (horizontal, vertical, alphabetical order).

  • With the language button you can limit the words displayed in the cloud based on their language derivation.

  • The only option to save your design is to save the word cloud to Wordle's "public gallery."

  • If you want the word cloud in a Word doc, PowerPoint, or as a JPG you must take a screenshot which can either be pasted into Word/Powerpoint or into MS Paint where it can be saved as a JPG.