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Picture if you will these 9th graders blogs and Google Spreadsheet four years from now when they are seniors. Think about how much information they will have, colleges will have, and teachers will have about how much they are reading, what their interests might be, etc. Powerful stuff!
Many people will think I’m crazy but a key factor for me was also the ability to send reviews and information to Facebook.