Thing 21: Pageflakes
This task by far was the most challenging and frustrating activity for me. I spent a great deal of time creating my Pageflake, and I am really not satisfied with the end result. I found this site difficult and confusing to use, and I am not really sure why. I could never get my YouTube video to embed properly, even after watching Shelley’s awesome help video.
I think that the idea of Pageflakes is a good one. I tried to build my page around the topics that we are studying in my reading and social studies classes (a novel set in Cornwall, England and ancient Rome) to give my students further resources (bookmarks, a slide show, a YouTube video). I also kept some of the flakes from the template like the Wikipedia and Google searches, the calendar, and notes option (to add announcements). I don’t know if I will continue to use my Pageflake in the future…I think that creating a class wiki and using Edline are really all that I need.
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