Portaportal is a gift for me. I have a portaportal and this is the fourth year it has been in use. I find that booking marking the sites by unit offers communication to students easily. Whenever I need the students to access their website, they will find it on portaportal. It works well with every class and the students are familiar with the set up which makes my life easier. Many times when the students would type sites in themselves mistakes are made. If they do not get the immediate gratification of the website, then it does not work. Portaportal allows the instant gratification of reaching the site and allows for an engaged classroom.
I use portaportal almost daily and offer resources for research. The next project my students complete is density. I am hoping to make another folder for research websites to help students struggling with information. The students are able to access reliable sites bookmarked by myself with pertinent information.
If you would like to see my portaportal, you can use the guest password: mannwe
I am still adding sites when new finds arise. I feel this is truly a successful method to bookmark sites. Reimaging of laptops is no longer scary.
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I'm glad that Portaportal is so useful for you. It has less social interactivity than other of the applications we'll learn about in class, but it is often a favorite and easy to set-up. A great organizer!
ReplyDeleteReimaging...shudder! I remember how awful that was each summer before I started putting bookmarks on Delicious!
Thanks for sharing your guest access, too, Wendy. You have a good collection of science links that I can see are very useful in your teaching.
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