Citebite is a very important
web2.0 application in
education . It allows its users to link directly to quotes on WebPages . If it happens that you come across an interesting paragraph in a certain webpage that you want to share with your students or friends just highlight the targeted chunk of text and paste it into
Citebite together with the source URL and send the link to whomever you want to share this text with . Once they click on the link they would instantly access the website and see the highlighted text you want them to read .
Some features of Citebite
Citebite is a very good and handy
web2.0 tool that is :
- completely free .
- simple and easy to use .
- has a friendly interface .
- allows you to share URLs of important sites .
- it lets you highlight interesting content and share it with others .
- does not require any sign up .
- It has a bookmarklet tool to drag to your toolbar to use whenever you want .
- It also has a Firefox extension to add to your Firefox adds-on .
How can i get started using Citebite ?
Log on to
Citebite main pagePaste the selected text you want to share with others in the “ quote” box
Paste the source URL of that text
click on “make citebite”
Applications of Citebite in education
As an educator i feel so happy to have discovered this
web20 tool . We can use it in our daily work with our students in different ways . We can for example use
Citebite to share important articles or parts of these articles with students .
Citebite is also very important in drawing students’ attention to certain chunks of text or paragraphs . It is also very useful for doing research papers and classroom projects .
That’s it about
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