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Myplick is a free service that lets you share, embed and discover presentations and slide shows online. You can upload your presentation documents in a variety of formats such as powerpoint, pdf, etc. If you want to add narration or sound effect to your presentation, you can upload an audio file and have the option to synchronize the audio with your slides. After you create a presentation you will have the choice to either publicly share with everyone or only share it within a private group. You can also find out how users are viewing your plick, for example, how much time people stayed on each slide. This would be a good way for students to share their presentations with others.

This is for anyone who spends anytime working on their family tree. It is very easy to use and you are able to add pictures. This would work great for a family tree project in class. It also has places to create timelines, which would be a great social studies project.

great for family tree project in Spanish class

With Geni, you can build your family tree, invite relatives to collaborate, preserve your family history, discover new relatives, share family photos and videos, and remember birthdays and anniversaries. Geni is private and secure. Only the people in your family can see your tree. I think this would be a wonderful tool to help teach research and organizational skills in a very secure and controlled environment.

Live chat and blogging

This one seems like it could be a double edged sword, but MAY be appropriate for Jr.'s and Sr.'s. I am thinking especially for the kids who are in vocational classes. It would be a good way to reach out to communities of people that are already in the field. They could talk to others who are out there right now, doing what they are thinking that they want to do.

This is an awesome site for book lovers! It allows you to browse through popular books, which I love to do, just to see what people are reading for an idea of what to read next. Then you can put books that you own on your "shelf". You can then have friends and share actual books with each other, if you live nearby. It is also a great place to read ratings on books. It then links you to Amazon and other libraries where you could check our or buy the books! You can also put your "bookshelf" on a blog to show off your interests to all your friends.

With Yacapaca, teachers can create quizzes, surveys, tests, etc.; discover, modify and share assessments; mark automatically, analyze with tools that improve your teaching, and more. Students use Yacapaca to learn faster and have fun while learning. They can even set up their own, completely personalized e-portfolios. This would be a great classroom resource for teachers as well as students. The e-portfolio options would be a great way for students to showcase and reflect on their best work.

When you register on this free site, you get access to already created assignments/tests and you have the ability to create your own. You can then check the results and have immediate data.