After reading through the list of the best Web 2.0 Applications for
Education, I came across the sitehoover website. Sitehoover gives users the ability to make a
homepage to keep track of go-to sites. The
site also gives users the opportunities to make folders for specific themes. This website can help students with and
without disabilities. It gives students
with disabilities the extra organizational support that is often needed. When students start a research project, they
can create a folder to house the websites used for that specific assignment. This site would also be great for when it’s time to
type the work cited page.
On my sitehoover page I put together some of my favorite websites. On my page I have two folders. One houses
some of the math websites and videos I like to reference and use, and the other
has ELA videos I like. I also have some
of legitimate sites I use for searching topics.
While the numbers given in the “Do You Know” video were impressive,
they did not take me by surprise. For
years society has become increasingly internet centered. Schools have started to transition to
e-books. Often times, e-books are
cheaper than textbooks. They have also
made the switch from tradition black boards and white boards to interactive
smart boards.
Sitehoover sounds like a great way to keep organized. Unfortunately when clicking on your link it opens to a login page.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your insight and ideas for this Web 2.0 tool. Unfortunately, it didn't allow me to view anything...I would love to see what you put together. I guess this is a lot like the social bookmarking tools we reviewed in an earlier module.
ReplyDeleteWith that said, I think there are some additional ways this could be used other than just 'hoovering' websites for projects or themes-- can you think of any additional ways you might use this as a compilation tool (and specifically how it would benefit students with disabilities?).