Easy web-browsing for students: Symbaloo

I was informed about this great web 2.0 tool from a kindergarten teacher (let's call her Ms. R) this week and I have share it with you. It's called Symbaloo and it's something you have to check out. 

The premise is simple but awesome: users create "web mixes" of sites they want students to access. But wait! My Diigo account does the same thing. Why change? Because Symbaloo lets you assemble boards of sites that include icons and allow you to color-code them. Check out my example: 

Ms. R uses it so effectively. She codes all her sites by category and color. So when her kindergarten students get to the board, they know exactly what sites to visit because they can either find the icon or go to the color that Ms. R instructed them to visit. Simple. And you can make your boards public and link them to your teacher site so students and parents can access  it from anywhere.

What a great alternative to the traditional "helpful links" page! Have fun creating your boards!