Pathfinder Construction Software (a sqworl)

My Perpetual Pursuit of the Perfect Pathfinder Platform (by Joyce Valenza, Essential reading!)

Additional Pathfinder Examples

John Newbery Elementary School Library Pathfinders

Pathfinder Swap

Springfield Township High School Pathfinders

Internet Public Library (ipl2) Pathfinders

These are outstanding examples.

Camden County Library System Subject Guides

Note their distinction between a pathfinder and a reference guide. Your goal is not to be comprehensive but to point your students to the best resources!

Kids Info Guides (Indianapolis Public Library)

Pathfinder 2.0 (This example uses Pageflakes) 

Creekview High LibGuides (note that LibGuides is a commercial product)

K12 Research Pathfinders

(A huge list-this was the product of a workshop)

Ridgefield Park Junior-Senior High School Pathfinders

There are almost 100 pathfinders on this site, many with annotated links.

Background Resources, Templates and How-Tos

Template for Creating Pathfinders

This site has an excellent list of content that could be included in a pathfinder.  This was developed for North Carolina but could easily be adapted for Georgia.

A Pathfinder for Constructing Pathfinders

This site also identifies the elements in a pathfinder and provides a nice example of how to organize those elements.

Pathfinders, Subject Guides and Thematic Resources

The Pathfinder Project (includes examples and tools/resources about creating pathfinders plus a pathfinder template in MsWord format)

Project Pathfinder/Portal Pages (nice discussion in the format of a short article)

Developing Pathfinders in Schools (really nice resource list maintained in Australia)

Ten Reasons Why Your Next Pathfinder Should be A Wiki

Research Pathfinders 2.0 (slideshare by Buffy Hamilton; here's a blog post also by Buffy; more examples are linked to a presentation found here)

Bookmarking without Borders: A Techtorial (introduces the basic concept of social bookmarking; ipl2 also has a good introduction with examples and resources and Web Tools4U2use has a very nice set of resources and links to a multitude of social bookmarking tools)

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