References

Asselin, M., Moayeri, M. (2011). The participatory classroom: Web 2.0 in the classroom.
Austrailian Journey of Language & Literacy, 19(2), 45.
This article talks about the participation divide and how we can help bridge that by
incorporating web 2.0 tools in our classrooms. It discusses how many of our students are
already familiar with using web 2.0 tools in their everyday lives. However, many of our
classrooms are still using basic technology tools. This article argues that by incorporating
more current technology, we can help to keep our students engaged during the school day
and therefore increase participation as well.
Cooper, M. (2013). Symbaloo and you. School Librarians Workshop, 34(3), 4.
This article basically gives an in depth review of Symbaloo. It also gives examples of
different ways to use Symbaloo and ideas of how to incorporate it into your classroom.
The author talks a lot about embedding resources and videos into your Symbaloo webmix
so that you can still provide resources to your students that may be blocked by your
school district based on simple web address.
Finely, S. (2016). Electronic resources for schools. Information Today Inc., 23(2), 16.
This article is a compilation of product reviews including a review for Symbaloo. The
author gives each product a report card on which Symbaloo got all As. She described
Symbaloo as a tool that will definitely create a safer environment for students in the
classroom. (Finely, 2016, p.16) The article also talks about some of the other successes
of Symbaloo such as ease of use and integration in the classroom.
Miller, S. (2014). Library, classroom, and community meet with Symbaloo. School
Library Monthly, 30(5), 36-38.
This article talks about a librarians experience with using Symbaloo for her entire
school. It was her job to organize the websites and communicate to parents the resources
that students were expected to use both in and out of school. She had initially created a
website for her upper elementary students and a website for her lower elementary
students but found Symbaloo to be much easier for her to use and more user friendly for
the parents and students to use at home as well.
[Ms. Computer Teacher]. (2013, April 4) Using Symbaloo (a bookmarking service) in
education. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=Kbp2CSS7cnk

This link is a video tutorial of how to use Symbaloo. It shows everything from
setting up your webmix to searching for pre-made webmixes. She also shows
great ideas on how to organize your webmix and incorporate Symbaloo into the
classroom.
Redden, C. (2010). Social bookmarking in academic libraries: Trends and applications.
The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 36(3), 219-227.
In this article, there is discussion about how and why to implement social bookmarking
into academic libraries for use with electronic resources. One of the new points that this
article makes is the fact that social bookmarking can ease the financial burden of
traditional library organization. When original copies have to be purchased and stored inhouse it can become expensive. Social bookmarking is a way to lower these costs by
keeping these resources bookmarked using the internet.
Rhodes, H. (2016). 1st grade Symbaloo webmix. Retrieved from
https://www.symbaloo.com/home/mix/13ePBeWPKU
This is my personal webmix that I use with my students. I included it in my review on the
website so I thought I should add it on the Reference page.
Wilson, E., Wright, V., Inman, C., & Matherson, L. (2011). Retooling the social studies
classroom for the current generation. Social Studies, 102(2), 65-72. doi:
10.1080/00377996.2010.484445
This article talks about the importance of keeping up with our students technologically. It
discusses how important it is to find ways to get and keep our students engaged
throughout the school day. The article talks about incorporating Tech 2.0 tools into the
classroom in order to keep students engaged. This article talks specifically about using
student-created wikis, blogs, and digital media sharing. When discussing creating wikis,
the author talked about creating a wiki that contains all of the frequently used websites in
the classroom, also called social bookmarking.
Zhi, E., Liu, F., Chang, Y. (2014) The learning opportunity of social bookmarking
service: An example of fun. Retrieved from
http://lrn.ncu.edu.tw/lig_program/paper/totem/28-393.pdf
This article takes a different viewpoint on using social bookmarking. They suggest using
social bookmarking as an assessment purpose. They suggest using the bookmarks as a
portfolio and placing websites and other electronic resources as well as Google docs to be

assessed by the teacher. The article suggests having students create these portfolios in
groups at first until they become more familiar with what to do, and then have them
complete them individually.