Nice, Nice, Baby (LiveBinders)

Tomorrow night at 7:00 PM Eastern, the good people at LiveBinders.com (Tina and Barbara!) are graciously allowing me to talk with them about how I use their service and my thoughts on 21st Century Learning and Teaching. CLICK HERE FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE PODCAST.

In this last week, leading up to tomorrow's chat, several people have asked about different ways to use LiveBinders, and rather than write my typical blog post, I thought I would do something a little more creative. Thus, please find below my take on using LiveBinders, but in a more lyrical format. I used to rewrite lyrics with my students to help them remember the content I was teaching, so I thought it would be fun to do that for the readers of my blog and in preparation for tomorrow night's podcast.

I dare you not to hum the song and try to rap it out yourself! (My wife has already been making fun of me for doing just that...)

All in good fun--Enjoy! And tune in tomorrow night--though I am ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN that I will NOT be rapping this LIVE!

Nice, Nice, Baby (LiveBinder’s)

(A parody of "Ice, Ice, Baby")

Alright stop, collaborate and listen
LiveBinders-the perfect invention
Something grabs my attention on the net
Need to save it easily, yes, you bet.
Create a Binder and stash that link
Coordinate the pages so my stuff’s in sync
To the extreme, I rock the net like Al Gore
Light up the binder, saving objects galore

Creating the binder for a singular purpose
Enhancing your brain for powerful discussion
Use it, for portfolio assessment
Or to group like items that you teach, your content
Love it, and use it, LiveBinders is the way
To visualize the websites that you save
If you want an upgrade, yo, it’s right here
Check out the site that’s on the frontier!

Nice, Nice, Baby (LiveBinder’s--)
Nice, Nice, Baby (LiveBinder’s--)
Nice, Nice, Baby (Live Binder’s--)
Nice, Nice, Baby

Now that the Binder’s created,
With websites kicked in it’s ready to be upgraded
Add a picture with some text articulation
Upload a file into your innovation
Burn it up! You’re an expert collector,
Share it with a colleague, see if they concur
Add some media from Youtube or FlickR,
Change up the colors, to make it more slicker

Functional, cool, for your task and vision
Teaching and learning with exact precision
Bringing together—the best of your web
Personalized experiences like you’re a celeb
Take heed, of this sometime poet
LiveBinders is the tool you need, and you know it.
If you want an upgrade, yo, it’s right here
Check out the site that’s on the frontier!

Nice, Nice, Baby (LiveBinder’s--)
Nice, Nice, Baby (LiveBinder’s--)
Nice, Nice, Baby (Live Binder’s--)
Nice, Nice, Baby
(Too Cool, Too Cool)