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title: "Tech Talk: Symbaloo"
description: "Whether you want to save and sort your bookmarks or set up a kid-friendly \"home page\" for your little ones, Symbaloo is a great tool."
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# Tech Talk: Symbaloo

Jul 10, 2014 7:00:40 AM  |  by [Barb Szyszkiewicz](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/author/barb-szyszkiewicz-ofs)

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[**Symbaloo**](http://www.symbaloo.com) is a free service that allows users to create webmixes: pages of links they'd like to keep at the ready and access from anywhere.

[![Symbaloo screenshot](https://www.catholicmom.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Screenshot_2014-06-30-17-00-49-225x400.png?width=158&height=280&name=Screenshot_2014-06-30-17-00-49-225x400.png)](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Screenshot_2014-06-30-17-00-49.png)

An easy-to-use web clipper makes it simple to add new links to a webmix, and free apps for iOS and Android let you take your favorite sites on the go and access them easily.

I first heard of [**Symbaloo**](http://www.symbaloo.com) from my younger son (truth: if you want to know the latest in technology, just ask the kids!) The technology teacher at his school had set up a [**webmix**](http://www.symbaloo.com/mix/scblibrary) for her students to use. When they were working on an in-class project, needed a starting point for at-home research, or just wanted to find a game to play to brush up on reading, math or keyboarding skills, they could pull up her [**Symbaloo webmix**](http://www.symbaloo.com/mix/scblibrary). It's full of teacher-approved sites the students can use at school or at home. (I've linked it here with her permission.)

I am working on a [**webmix** ](http://www.symbaloo.com/mix/franciscanmom)with my favorite links, including important Catholic websites I frequently use, music-streaming sites, graphics-generating services, and workhorse websites. Next up: my favorite recipe websites. I like that I can line up the sites by topic so I can find them easily later.

[![symbaloo page in progress](https://www.catholicmom.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/symbaloo-page-in-progress-550x234.png?width=330&height=140&name=symbaloo-page-in-progress-550x234.png)](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/symbaloo-page-in-progress.png)

Fun feature: you can change up the background by uploading your own photo or using one of the stock images provided by Symbaloo. My webmix has a peaceful ocean scene as the background.

The Android app for Symbaloo is excellent, but the iOS app is not optimized for iPad. I work around that by accessing Symbaloo on my tablet's browser instead of using the app.

Parents can use [**Symbaloo**](http://www.symbaloo.com) to set up webmixes for their children, curating safe sites for research, education, and fun--but it's just as useful for adults to use so that they can sync their favorite bookmarks across devices and sort them visually.

***Do you Symbaloo?***

***Copyright 2014 AUTHOR***

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### [Barb Szyszkiewicz](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/author/barb-szyszkiewicz-ofs)

Barb Szyszkiewicz, senior editor at [CatholicMom.com](http://catholicmom.com), is a wife, mom of 3 young adults, and a Secular Franciscan. Barb enjoys writing, cooking, and reading, and is a music minister at her parish. Find her blog at [FranciscanMom](http://franciscanmom.com) and her family’s favorite recipes with nutrition information at [Cook and Count](http://cookandcount.wordpress.com). Barb is the author of *[The Handy Little Guide to Prayer](https://amzn.to/2LQB2oL)* and * [The Handy Little Guide to the Liturgy of the Hours](https://amzn.to/3wbDB8k)*, available from Our Sunday Visitor.

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