Well, I kind of cheated here. I looked at Rollyo and didn't exactly get it. I did play around with it bit I couldn't get the point (some of the searches I tried didn't work and I'm not sure why). Playing around with this site though did serve to remind me of why I am taking this class. There are quite a few things that we are looking at that I have known about but never really bothered to learn much about (or to look at to be completely honest.) So now I am finally taking the time to at least look.
Rollyo really didn't make much sense to me until I looked at Del.icio.us. This is a site I've heard a lot about but have never really looked at....partly lack of interest and partly those darn filters again. Having now taken a look at it I can definitely see how something like del.icio.us could be a very useful tool although I'm not sure it is the best thing for an elementary school.
By aggregating various pre-screened websites under common use tags, students are given one location where they can still perform the necessary searches for sites that should provide them with the information that they are looking for. The bonus of the tags is that students will be able to use "their" words as opposed to trying to figure out what the "proper" subject heading is. On the other hand, having all those tags listed down the sidebar also helps because then the students could also just cruise the tags until they find one that suits their needs.
I haven't created a Rollyo list yet because I'm really not sure what I want to create a list of. This will take me a little more time and consideration but I will get to it.
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