I have 11 bookmarks and growing! Right now they are mostly for my personal use, but I noticed on the set up video the coolmath website that I used a lot for summer school. I added that and will put a bunch more math ones on before summer school starts at the end of June! I really appreciate being able to look at others bookmarks and the popularity of sites. Knowing that others use and like sites is like having a lot more friends to advise me on what's good and what might be a waste of time.
Perhaps a ranking system would enhance this site. Popularity is a good measure, but so is a more evaluatory measure.
Students would certainly benefit from seeing others' lists. I can also see creating a class account and preloading it with sites I know to be safe and informative. We recently did reports on Spanish speaking countries. I recommended Yahoo kids to the students. It was the only site that had every country on it. It also had all of the information they needed for the report. I would have assumed that National Geographic would have been better, I would have been wrong!
The portability for both me and students is also a great feature. Being at home and having a bookmark at school is a frequent and frustrating occurence. This site eliminates that.
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