TopSite is a Web 2.0 Tool. It helps with research by bringing up several websites when you type in a search term, similar to Google. It offers a simple an effective way to improve the quality of research you do. Rather then bring up thousands of useless websites you won't need, it only brings up 10 of the best sites, or "top sites".
Whats good about it is that it only gives you useful websites. you don't have to waste time trying to find out if the given website has relevant and accurate information to your topic, because TopSite does that for you. It is also fast and easy to use. You just type in what you are looking for, and the tool does the rest.
This web 2.0 tool isn't perfect though. It gives you 10 websites, but sometimes if you have a lot of research to do, 10 websites might not be enough. It also doesn't give you pictures, and sometimes for research you need to find pictures, especially if you want to make some sort of presentation.
This Web 2.0 tool has the potential to be very useful to both students and teachers. Both often have to do research, and it can be done much more efficiently with TopSite. The fact that it only shows what you need is its biggest feature. It keeps you from wasting time looking at websites that won't help you. It is also very easy to use.
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