Tech Tip of the
Week! 10.25.2011
http://www.icyte.com/
All over the world, teachers lead their students to computer
labs and let them loose with the command to “do some research on the Internet.”
They may assign their class topics and give all kinds of helpful advice about
that to look for. There is a better way. Why not capture, save and share all
that information? Icyte.com is a research book marking tool. It’s similar in
some ways to social bookmarking tools, such as Diigo and Delicious, except that
those tools emphasize the social aspects of finding other users with common
interests, whereas, iCyte assumes teams of students already have a common
research task and quickly facilitates sharing and collaboration. It is free for
educators and students! Here is the scoop:
· What
is iCyte? iCyte is a web research management tool that lets you
save and annotate entire webpages. Much better than bookmarks, it lets you
highlight the most useful text directly on the saved webpage, tag, search,
comment, and securely share your saved content with others.
Click here to learn more about icyte’s features: http://www.icyte.com/users/activity_public#features
What
Web Browsers does iCyte work with?
- Mozilla
Firefox 3.0 onwards
- Internet
Explorer 7 onwards
- Safari
4.0 onwards
- Google
Chrome
What
content can you annotate using iCyte?
Any
HTML or PDF file that you can access using your web browser can be annotated.
Some of the webpages our users have annotated include:
- Newspaper
articles
- Technical
documentation
- Knowledgebase
articles
- Confirmation
screens for ordering products (flights, hotels, books, ...)
- Product
reviews
- Youtube
videos
Tutorial on
installing and using http://www.icyte.com/help.html
Thanks!
Sheila
Sheila
Litke
Garden County Schools
Technology Coordinator
www.gardencountyschools.org
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the Change You Wish to See in the World."