Symbaloo
Symbaloo is a cloud-based bookmarking and curation tool that organizes the user's ideas and resources into personalized category buttons.
First steps
Symbaloo is a resource management service that uses tiles to serve as links to curated notes, resources, and websites in colorful 'webmixes.' These webmixes can be created by the educator or students. The Symbaloo education site offers a variety of pre-populated webmixes for use in the classroom.
Getting Started:
Learning Paths by Symbaloo - Learning Paths allow a gaming-style digital lesson plan using Symbaloo.
User communities and sites
Instagram: @symbaloo
Twitter: @symbaloo
Symbaloo's You Tube Channel for Tutorials
Technical Specifications
Symbaloo is a web- and cloud-based service that will function on most web-enabled computers and devices. Additional support is provided for phone and tablet users.
Next steps (advanced tips)
Webmixes
Webmixes provide a landing page for student inquiry and research. These are some examples of Symbaloo webmixes for different learning contexts.
Learning Paths
Learning paths allow educators to provide resources to allow students to progress at their own path.
Learning Paths Introduction
Use with iPads
Instructional Design
General guides to classroom use:
11 ways to use Symbaloo in the classrooms
Using Symbaloo Pro with Groups
Elementary Lessons and Applications:
Shapes Learning Path - example of learning path to understand concepts taught in Math K-5.
Secondary Lessons and Applications:
Basic Art Concepts - example of learning path on the basic concepts of art at the secondary level grades 9-12.
Other uses/examples/applications
Digital Citizenship - example of learning path teaching digital citizenship
Management
Student management
For student creation of Symbaloo webmixes, educators should model and review effective search practices. Teacher creation of webmixes can guide students through identify tasks or resources while promoting student choice, path, and/or pace of learning.
Student engagement
The game-styled buttons and design of Symbaloo provide an alternative means to curate and present materials to students while promoting student choice and agency.
Student privacy and security
Differentiation and adaptation
Diverse learners
Curated Symbaloo webmixes allow educators to provide differentiated resources and offer students increased choice in reading and viewing instructional resources.
Hybrid Strategies
Symbaloo can support flipped learning using any instructional model by providing persistent access to curated resources to support student learning.
5 Ways to Use Symbaloo across Remote Learning & Classroom Environments
Using Symbaloo for Remote Learning by Shannon McClintock Miller and Bryan Hurtado
Symbaloo in 2020: What's New, Cool and Remote Presented by Leslie Fisher