Livebinders the Teachers Friend
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January 2011Teachers are always on the lookout for tools that allow them to collect and share information with students, colleagues, and friends. I tool which has become very popular is LiveBinders This is an fantastic tool that works like having folders in a ring binder but its digital so you use it to share and store websites which you use in your teaching or on a specific topic or subject. You can create as many as you would like, you can share them with the world or keep them private, you can search other binders, and, most fantastically, LiveBinders is free! Livebinders Image LiveBinders it looks like a real life”3-ring binder with virtual web folders”. You can store useful websites and PDF files, annotate them, make tabs and sub-tabs. The binders are easy to update, as well. You can create a visual bookshelf with different notebooks and make them available to students without hassle. Here are some examples. This one is on using livebinders to collaborate with others or in you class. http://livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit?id=31754 Early Maths word problems: http://livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit/1806 Using skype in school http://livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit/8641 A very interesting site with lots of information about livebinders. http://cybraryman.com/livebinders.html
