[CASL-L] a new collaborative resource to try...

[Tim Cayer]

Hi all...

I know we come across loads of new Web 2.0 tools to try every day and many
of them are 'fly-by-nights'  that shut down, merge, get sold, or become too
expensive to justify.  Recently, several bloggers suggested trying out a
new service called Pearltrees.  I have to say that it is one of the finest
new collaborative resources I've seen in a long time.

I'm not going to go into the details of the product, because seeing is
believing in this case.  The links below will take you to two examples
where I have used Pearltrees.

***NOTE--While Pearltrees is phenomenal (in my humble opinion) there is a
distinct possibility that it will be blocked at your school.  Nevertheless,
it is great for collaboration between colleagues outside of school.

1)   This Google Site is made up entirely of Pearltrees and Google
Crowdsourced Presentations.  It was used to teach a recent workshop for
ESOL teachers.

  https://sites.google.com/site/helpingadultells/


2)   This individual Pearltree has links to sites for getting book
recommendations:

http://www.pearltrees.com/cayermedia/sites-book-recommendations/id3819390

By the way, if you use a bookmarking service like Diigo or Google
Bookmarks, it's great to build Pearltrees based on what you've already
gathered.


It will be interesting to see whether Pearltrees catches on with the LMS
community.     Thanks for reading....

Tim

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Timothy Cayer
Library Media Specialist
William H.Hall High School
975 North Main Street
West Hartford, CT 06117
tim_cayer at whps.org
http://cayermedia.com
860.232.4561 x 1046

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