Episode #8 - Start.Me

SHOW NOTES:

Start.Me

Tricia’s Start.Me Page

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TRANSCRIPT: (full transcript link)

Hello and welcome to episode number eight of the one-five. I am your podcast hostess - Tricia Louis - the self-designated tech goddess and I will be coming to you weekly in this audio podcast format with great edtech tools, tips, and tricks.

In this week’s episode, I will be talking about start.me. Start.me is a way for you to customize a start page (or home page) for your browser. You can add Bookmarks, Notes, Tasks, RSS/Social Media Feeds, and also embed content from other webpages. Start.me works on any browser and on any device. It is a great way to make a hub for your valuable information in a one-stop place.

There are different pricing levels: a personal free and a personal pro account and of course pricing for a team or enterprise. I am currently using the personal free account and with that I can have up to 3 start.me pages and on each page an unlimited number of widgets. Now, some of the widgets are only available with the paid version, but I have found that I have not had the need to upgrade to the paid account. 

What I really like about it is the customization you can do with the bookmarks. You can have them in list form or in different icon sizes with the link names or with no text. Above all, this makes a great way for you to have a hub of your links if you have to switch devices or work in different locations than your home classroom or office. I have put my start.me page link at the bottom of my website - so that is a great way for me to be able to visit a classroom (within my district or in other districts), call up my website and then have all my essential links.

If you would like to take a look at my start.me page, check the show notes for the link.

Finally, if you are working on a new interactive panel, like a smart panel, you know the chromium browser is lacking in functionality. By creating a start.me page, you can make that your homepage on the chromium browser and you have all the links you need in an easy to access place! 

Overall, I think start.me is a great way for you to organize those most important links and other information into one easy to access collection that is device agnostic and shareable to those in your learning environment.

If you have any questions about the content shared in this podcast, you are free to contact me at any time through the contact me section on my website - tricialouis.com - or via social media. 

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Keep in mind the information shared on this podcast may take additional clearances from your tech department to work properly in your district, school, or classroom. I have vetted all of the information  shared on this podcast and it is available and/or correct on the date the podcast is originally published. But, remember that services, sites, or products can change or become unavailable without a lot of notice. 

Thanks for listening and join me next week for another episode of the one five!