We have seen a lot of different ways to organize information over the course of this class, and just when I don't think that I could possibly be more organized, another organization website is sprung on me. The one thing that seems to set LiveBinders apart from other organization websites is that it is very easy to allow other people to share and access your information in an organized way.
I decided to create binders based on literature, math games and science experiments. I was not too terribly creative with the titles, but I figured simple is better.
My first binder, and the one that I have chosen to share, is titled Children's Literature. So far, I have put three different websites in my binder, but I hope to add more. The first tab is the Project Gutenberg website. I love classic stories, so Project Gutenberg is one of my favorite websites. Project Gutenberg is a non-profit group committed to creating digital copies of classic literature on the Internet for people to access free of charge. Project Gutenberg allows you to download there books to your computer or to a portable reading device. They also organize books according to "bookshelves", or different interest groups. For example, you can select the Children's Bookshelves, which shows fifteen other bookshelves broken down into specific topics such as Children's Fiction and Children's Myths, Fairy tales, etc.
The second tab in my Children's Literature binder is the Newbery Medal Homepage. From this page, it is easy to find a list of all the Newbery Medal winners and the Newbery Medal honor books from 1922 to 2011. The third tab contains the website Storynory. Storynory produces free audio recordings of original children's stories, fairy tales, classics, and educational stories.
My other binders are titled Math Games and Science Experiments. They basically contain what the names say-- websites for parents to find math games that their children can play at home and science experiment websites that the whole family can enjoy.
LiveBinders would be a great way to set up a lesson for students to follow in the classroom or at home. It would be very easy for students to click on a binder and go tab by tab to finish an assignment. It would also be a great resource for students who might want to know more about a topic that interests them or for gifted students to work on more challenging materials. If I wanted to teach a lesson using mostly online resources, LiveBinders would be a great place to stay organized. I could create a binder for that lesson and then not have to worry about opening five different websites and taking the time to type each one.
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