Comments on: Start Page http://www.trustyetc.com/trustyblog/2007/04/03/start-page/ Effective and Efficient Education Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:39:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Alvin’s Educational Technology Blog » On the move http://www.trustyetc.com/trustyblog/2007/04/03/start-page/comment-page-1/#comment-7022 Alvin’s Educational Technology Blog » On the move Wed, 20 Feb 2008 04:28:12 +0000 http://www.trustyetc.com/trustyblog/2007/04/03/start-page/#comment-7022 [...] 1 - Setup a Protopage [...] [...] 1 – Setup a Protopage [...]

]]> By: Alvin’s Educational Technology Blog » Student Flakes http://www.trustyetc.com/trustyblog/2007/04/03/start-page/comment-page-1/#comment-546 Alvin’s Educational Technology Blog » Student Flakes Fri, 13 Apr 2007 14:16:00 +0000 http://www.trustyetc.com/trustyblog/2007/04/03/start-page/#comment-546 [...] Since my post about Start Pages, I have been looking at different features of an assortment of web two-point-oh start page sites. Pageflakes has added a “student” version of a start page. [...] [...] Since my post about Start Pages, I have been looking at different features of an assortment of web two-point-oh start page sites. Pageflakes has added a “student” version of a start page. [...]

]]> By: Gary B. http://www.trustyetc.com/trustyblog/2007/04/03/start-page/comment-page-1/#comment-473 Gary B. Wed, 04 Apr 2007 03:36:56 +0000 http://www.trustyetc.com/trustyblog/2007/04/03/start-page/#comment-473 Thanks for mentioning goowy.com in your post. However, to be fair, goowy is much more than a startpage - it is much more like an all encompassing webtop. That said, we (the folks at goowy) also have a product which is much more directly tied into the startpage space - www.yourminis.com - the startpage is actually at http://www.yourminis.com/startpage - make sure you check that out when adding the goowy team into the mix! Thanks for mentioning goowy.com in your post. However, to be fair, goowy is much more than a startpage – it is much more like an all encompassing webtop. That said, we (the folks at goowy) also have a product which is much more directly tied into the startpage space – http://www.yourminis.com – the startpage is actually at http://www.yourminis.com/startpage – make sure you check that out when adding the goowy team into the mix!

]]> By: Todd http://www.trustyetc.com/trustyblog/2007/04/03/start-page/comment-page-1/#comment-472 Todd Wed, 04 Apr 2007 02:47:26 +0000 http://www.trustyetc.com/trustyblog/2007/04/03/start-page/#comment-472 Alvin, I enjoyed reading this post because I love my protopage and find it extremely effective for me as an educator who travels from school to home and to other computers. http://staff.bbhcsd.org/wasilt/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/protopage.jpg I always have my favorites... newsfeeds... weather... and so many more widgets. John S.(http://staff.bbhcsd.org/schinkerj/) and I plan on teaching a class over the summer to our staff on this concept. One of the many topics for the week is going to be Protopage and the benefits for teachers. I get many phone calls througout the year asking me what address is our webmail or what address is the grade book? Can you email me right now with the links? If only teachers took the time to set up a Protopage and then set it as their default start page for the internet. I set my wife up and my 3 year old son on separate tabs within my page and they love it too. A 3 year old knows what his tab is and he can select his games and play with his Proto Puppy at the same time. I have all kinds of news feeds on my page (including yours) and I set up my Protopage like a personal newspaper just for me. I have been using Protopage for about 6 months and I must say- it would be hard to manage without it. Protopage has come a long way with what they offer. I have a page just for my 3rd grade students that they can access from home or anywhere as long as they know the address. Whether they are in the classroom, the media center, the computer lab or at home, they can always see the bookmarks I have set for them through the protopage. I look forward to hearing more about what you find out there. In my opinion, it is going to be hard to beat Protopage. Thanks again for sharing. Todd Alvin, I enjoyed reading this post because I love my protopage and find it extremely effective for me as an educator who travels from school to home and to other computers. http://staff.bbhcsd.org/wasilt/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/protopage.jpg

I always have my favorites… newsfeeds… weather… and so many more widgets. John S.(http://staff.bbhcsd.org/schinkerj/) and I plan on teaching a class over the summer to our staff on this concept. One of the many topics for the week is going to be Protopage and the benefits for teachers. I get many phone calls througout the year asking me what address is our webmail or what address is the grade book? Can you email me right now with the links? If only teachers took the time to set up a Protopage and then set it as their default start page for the internet. I set my wife up and my 3 year old son on separate tabs within my page and they love it too. A 3 year old knows what his tab is and he can select his games and play with his Proto Puppy at the same time. I have all kinds of news feeds on my page (including yours) and I set up my Protopage like a personal newspaper just for me. I have been using Protopage for about 6 months and I must say- it would be hard to manage without it. Protopage has come a long way with what they offer. I have a page just for my 3rd grade students that they can access from home or anywhere as long as they know the address. Whether they are in the classroom, the media center, the computer lab or at home, they can always see the bookmarks I have set for them through the protopage. I look forward to hearing more about what you find out there. In my opinion, it is going to be hard to beat Protopage. Thanks again for sharing.

Todd

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