Start Pages/Personal Home Pages
These tools are for aggregating access to different
online resources, tools and services from one page to create a personal
learning environment.
Key to Availability
£=cost;
C =add code to web page/blog;
D =download;
H = hosted service; OS = Open
source; FT=free trial
Top Start Page Tools
These are the tools voted Top Tools for Learning
by learning professionals worldwide
|
Tool |
Summary |
Available |
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iGoogle |
Start page |
Free |
H |
|
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Netvibes |
Personalised
start page |
Free |
H |
|
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Pageflakes |
Personalised
start page |
Free |
H |
|
Other Start Page Tools
|
Tool |
Summary |
Available |
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@start |
Start page |
Free |
D |
|
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Bubbletop |
A personalised
view of the world |
Free |
H |
|
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Desktoptwo |
Desktop that
mimics the look, feel and functionality of a local computer |
Free |
H |
|
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eskobo |
Start page |
Free |
H |
|
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ExciteMix |
Start page |
Free |
H |
|
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Favoor |
Personalized
start page |
Free |
H |
|
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gritwire |
A set of useful tools for
people who use the Web daily |
Free |
H |
|
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Inbox |
Start page |
Free |
H |
|
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Itsastart |
Personalised start page |
Free |
H |
|
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Kadabo |
Instant access to Google, up-to-the-minute
newsfeeds, and graphic links to the world’s most popular
websites |
Free |
H |
|
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KlipFolio |
Track personalized
RSS, weather, news, blogs, and more with
the world's smallest
personal dashboard |
Free |
D |
|
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myAOL |
Your own myAOL page in just 2 steps |
Free |
H |
|
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Mygetgo |
Internet start pages that you create |
Free |
H |
|
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MyYahoo |
Start page - all your favourite Yahoo stuff on one page. |
Free |
H |
|
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Netjaxr |
Web 2.0 App launcher for Windows |
Free |
D |
|
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Nowsy |
Start page |
Free |
H |
|
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Odysen |
Start page website that you can use to help manage
web information |
Free |
H |
|
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Pobb |
Personalised
home page |
Free |
H |
|
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Protopage |
Personalised start page |
Free |
H |
|
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Schmedley |
Start page |
Free |
H |
|
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Second Brain |
Keep track of all the content you have online.
Organize everything in collections and
share it on your
public page |
Free |
H |
|
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SuprGlu |
Personalised
home page |
Free |
H |
|
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Symbaloo |
Start page |
Free |
H |
|
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Virtuedesktop |
Virtual desktop manager for Apple’s Mac OS |
Free |
D |
|
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Webwag |
Personalised start page |
Free |
H |
|
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Your Favourite Page |
(Uncustomisable) Start page |
Free |
H |
|
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Yourminis |
Personalised start page |
Free |
H |
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