Trailfire

Trailfire allows a teacher to bookmark websites and then connect them in a “trail” with notes that lead the instruction for students. A trailfire could be used in a wiki or WebQuest to limit where students go for information. One example was to use Trailfire to create a scavenger hunt for students to gather information.

I was intrigued by the possibilities of using Trailfire in a classroom. In a tenth grade world literature class, I would use Trailfire in a unit on Elie Wiesel’s //Night//. Where I would have students gather information from the linked sites about the author, WWII, Nazi Germany, and concentration camps to use for a project possibly creating a ThinkQuest. I might also use Trailfire in an eleventh grade English class that is studying //The Scarlet Letter// by Nathaniel Hawthorne. I would create a trail of websites about witchcraft, Puritanism, Puritans, Colonial America, and have students gather information to then create a final project such as designing a scavenger hunt. Trailfire ([|trailfire.com])