Crane's Thing #22

I think LiveBinders is an excellent tool.  It not only allows you to compile and organize resources, but you could share these resources with others.  The site was fairly intuitive, which was good because the video tutorial was not the greatest.  I quickly compiled three binders to try the site out.  They all have to do with my subject area of social studies.  They are History Education Sites, Historical Images, and Geography.  I have shared the History Education binder below.

History Education Sites

I have thought of a few different uses for this in my classroom after viewing the capabilities of this LiveBinder tool.  First, it is simply a good resource for a teacher to access and share with others.  Even further, though, you could share a binder with your class for a research project.  Conducting research is a complicated endeavor that many teachers assume students already know how to do.  Research, like everything else, should be scaffolded whenever needed.  This is where LiveBinder comes in.  If you have an 8th Grade History Class and want them to conduct research, you can share a binder with them.  This way you are helping them review relevant material and controling what they are accessing.  Pretty cool.