I’m not sure about listservs but Back Flip is a huge WOW!!!

I’m not sure about listservs but Back Flip is a huge WOW!!!!
This week in class we were introduced to the different ways to find lesson plans online as well as subscribing to list serves. It is in my own personal opinion that list serves create more of a hassle for me than ther are effective. Although the message goes to hundreds of people seldom do people respond, at least in my experience. Nevertheless, perhaps yahoo groups might be a little different. I remain stubborn on the use of list serves. I have just not seen the benefit of using them.
So at home I got acquainted the program called back flip. What a cool tool! Basically it’s like a book marking site that saves all my bookmarks on-line. So, what is so good about that you might ask? This is because I will be able to access the bookmarks remotely and be able to share them with students, colleagues, and myself. This will actually be a great tool to give students a warm up on certain issues. I ended up making a lot of folders dealing with social science and history. One site is great for kids; its basically fun facts about today’s history.
Whether it is for looking up lesson plans to finding resources for my students, Backflip makes it easy and simple for me to organize websites for easy access.
On the one hand this tool is a great resource for me as a teacher as I will be able to essentially save all my bookmarks in an organized fashion in order for me to resource it
in future occurrences. On the flip side my students will benefit from this because I can give them an assignment that will guide them in the right direction when it comes to accessing appropriate websites. The Internet is a great resource to use when it comes to research however; as many know there are many sites that don’t reflect scholarly credibility. Tools such as back flip will be essential for me to keep track of my students to make sure that they are on task. When my students are on task and learning they will minds will grow!!!!!