Jogging the Web

Here is a simple and simply great web tool to use in your classroom. It's called "Jog the Web" and is found at http://www.jogtheweb.com. Creating a 'Jog' puts you in control of your sources for a class. Suppose you are teaching 5th grade social studies, and you want your students to do some research on the great explorers. You only have a 40 minute class period to complete this project, so sending your students on a great Google search is just not possible.
Your answer? Create a webquest using this great resource! You can include as many - or as few - links as you wish, put your discussion questions in the Discussion tab in the left bar. This works similarly to the older-style tracks we've used in other web-based programs, but it's easier! Students easily figure out the navigation - the arrows in the upper left corner of the left bar.
In addition, you can download the toolbar button to your Firefox browser (you do use Firefox, don't you? I guess that's a topic for another day!) By using the Jog the Web button, I can create and add to 'Jogs' on the fly. Makes it so easy to organize a class or a presentation or a webquest!
Try it - you'll like it! You can search by author on the site - my 'Jogs' are created by "lloutback", my fam nickname.
Here's one of my 'Jogs' for you to try! Click here: MACE 2009