“Utilizing Livebinders for Classroom Resource Organization and Collaboration”

Using in the Classroom Chris Walter August 2012 Mt. Healthy Amazing Race PD

Your 3-Ring Binder for the Web

Become acquainted with Livebinders as a tool to collect, organize and share resources with students, colleagues and parents • Develop ideas on how you could use Livebinders in your classrooms • View and save established public binders in many subject areas • Register and create your own bookshelf for favorite binders • Begin your own Livebinder • Share your ideas and findings with others What can you expect from this session?

Let’s take a look at Livebinders.com

Livebinders in your classroom…

So let’s explore some Livebinders…

Click on the “Tools” tab at the top of your page and select the top link for LiveBinder It Bookmark tool. This will allow you to save websites to your own binders as you browse. LiveBinder Bookmark Tool

tab subtab Tutorials available in LiveBinder

Return to your dashboard and find the Start a Blank Binder icon. Developing Your Own Binder…

So here is what your new binder will look like…

Click “Quick Guide” for more help

Plan your binder – I type topics and subtopics in before I begin to popular the binder. You can always change/add/delete tabs but it gives you a structure for your binder. To upload Word documents, you must “save as” in PDF format. You can create your documents in Google Docs and it will automatically update in LiveBinders whenever you make changes. SAVE FREQUENTLY!!!! Tips and Tricks

Now It’s Your Turn…

Go to www.mthtechwiki.wikispaces.com Professional Development link on the left Complete the Corkboard Me activity (be sure you select the Livebinders activity) Your Exit Ticket…

“Utilizing Livebinders for Classroom Resource Organization and Collaboration”

“Utilizing Livebinders for Classroom Resource Organization and Collaboration”

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