Fernando's+Start+Pages

 =**Start Pages **=


 * Start Pages ** are pages that enable you to customize a web page to contain all the links you need or often use. You can add RSS Feeds so that the latest entries of your favorite blogs show up, you can add news feeds; local or national, weather reports, to do lists, links, and many widgets of all kinds. Steve Hargadon (2008) in the School Library states " given the veritable tidal wave of information out there, I find it difficult to track the many discussions taking place online."

o Assignments o Homework o Content related websites o Expectations o Provides different methods for class collaboration o All other useful classroom technologies such as blogs, IWB’s, discussion boards, etc…
 * __ Educational Uses and Learning Enhancement __**
 * · Create a more student centered environment
 * · Provides an organized method for navigation of the web
 * · Gives student access to:

· [|NetVibes] ·  iGoogle · [|BlueFrog] · [|PageFlakes] · [|My Excite]
 * __Links __**

**__5 Web Articles __** · [|GIGAOM] · [|WebTrends] · [|Shambles] · [|CR2.0] · [|Intro to Web 2.0 Tools]


 * __References __**

[|Building a better mousetrap: Personalized start pages] // USA Today //<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">, Database: Academic Search Premier Retrieved from: EBSCOHOST

<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Personalized Start Pages.] //<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">PC Magazine //<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">, Vol. 21 Issue 1, p85, 2p, 4 Charts Database: Academic Search Premier Retrieved from: EBSCOHOST

 <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Hargadon, Steve. (August 2008) <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Beating Information Overload.] //<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> School Library Journal //<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">, Vol. 54 Issue 8, p17-17, 2/3p, 1 Color Photograph Database: Professional Development Collection Retrieved from: EBSCOHOST

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Online Learning Centre, (2007) Saskatoon Public School. Retrieved from: <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">[]

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Nations, D. (2011) An overview of Personalized Start Pages. Retrieved from: <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">[]

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Hargadon, S. (2011) Classroom 2.0 Retrieved from: <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">[]

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Zelenka, A. (2007) Top Ajax Start Pages Reviewed. Retrieved from: <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">[]

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The Education Project Asia (TEPA). (2011) Web 2 Start pages. Retrieved from: <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">[]