[CASL-L] SHARE: SideVibe

[IRENE KWIDZINSKI]

Cool.  FYI


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From: Sarles Patricia  (18K500) <PSarles at schools.nyc.gov>
To: "aaslforum at ala.org" <aaslforum at ala.org>
Sent: Mon, April 2, 2012 7:36:54 AM
Subject: [aaslforum] SHARE: SideVibe

I used to create paper handouts for students to use when evaluating and getting 
information from Web sites. Then just yesterday I came across this really cool 
tool that allows me to create the worksheet online. It is a gadget (called a 
vibe) that "floats" over the web page or pages that you preselect. Based on the 
activity that you choose, students will answer questions about the Web site in 
the floating vibe. I think kids will really enjoy it. Take a look at the one I 
created so you can see:

https://www.sidevibe.com/home#tabs:main-tabs:Sv.Topic.Home.db8384f8cd9e102faed3404009b86ede


If the above link doesn't work, use the student account I created. (Students 
will not need email addresses to sign up).

username: aaa

password: kox5o1sg.

Click on view topic (digestive system) and then click open. The vibe should open 
along with a web site. There are 3 web sites to choose from. Click on next vibe, 
then next vibe to get a feel for the paperless worksheet that I created.

And here's the web site if you want to test it out yourself. It took me a while 
to create the content and to view all the tutorials:

http://sidevibe.com

Here's what one ed blogger had to say about sidvibe:

"SideVibe is a web based teaching tool which replaces the old-fashioned handouts 
by putting the worksheet on your screen. Neither you nor your students need to 
print anything because all the learning, testing and homeworking can be done 
online. The worksheets or task sheets are created by the teacher and they are 
attached to the web page you choose for your students to explore or read. The 
teacher can choose from the three types of activity vibes or a discussion vibe. 
The students register with the teacher's code (provided by the site) and are 
automatically listed in the teacher's account. After the students do the task, 
you assess their work online and send them feedback - without printing a single 
strip of paper."



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Patricia Sarles, MA, MLS
Jerome Parker Campus Library
100 Essex Drive
Staten Island, NY 10314
718-370-6900 x1322
psarles at schools.nyc.gov
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The Internet may be the world's greatest library, but let's face it - all the 
books are scattered on the floor.  - D.C. Denison, Boston Globe

Getting information off the Internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant. 
- Mitchell Kapor

To save man from the morass of propaganda, in my opinion, is one of the chief 
aims of education. Education must enable one to sift and weigh evidence, to 
discern the true from the false, the real from the unreal, and the facts from 
the fiction ... The function of education, therefore, is to teach one to think 
intensively and to think critically. - Martin Luther King, Jr., The Purpose of 
Education

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