Organizing+Online+Resources

Finding online resources

 * eThemes - University of MI resources for k-12 classrooms. All are kid safe.
 * Learning in America - Extensive list of resources compiled by Jim Burke from teachers all over Maine
 * Delicious - Searching what others found worthy of bookmarking on your subject
 * Google Timeline - Finding news articles in a timeline format with a searchable content
 * Google Wonderwheel - A graphic version of subjects and related content for searching and ideas

Sharing resources with Students with Portaportal
Review operating in any browser with multiple tabs.
 * Create a new tab (command - t or ctrl - t)
 * Changing from tab to tab (click in the middle of the tab you want to see)
 * Deleting a tab (click on the X in the top right of the tab you wish to remove)
 * Moving tabs around to rearrange order (click on any tab and drag it horizontally to its new location and let go)
 * Copy (command - c or ctrl - c) and Paste (command - v or ctrl - v)

Setting up a Portaportal site
 * Portaportal home site
 * Setting up a new Portaportal account. You need to have access to an email account to set up a portaportal account. Walk through document is here
 * Set up Catagories for your classes and/or units
 * Adding a site into a Catagory you created earlier
 * Set up your portaportal to allow guests
 * Check out other teacher's sites as a student to see what things look like and options.

Sharing resources or finding resources from Peers with Delicious

 * Link to Delicious
 * Signing up for an account. Note that this requires an active email as part of the sign up process.
 * Adding others to your network
 * Searching global lists for content
 * Sharing links vs keeping them private