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This site is for sharing presentations and you don't have to have the actually software to view the the presentations. You can also upload pdfs and other types of documents. There is a section with information on using in education that I found helpful.

When students need information about a topic or want to share a story, this website can help take 8 pages of text and reduce it down to only use 1 piece of paper. This is a great tool for teachers when presenting information and would be great for notes.

handy for looking up performing arts programs (orchestra concerts, operas) to share with students

LiveBinders is a place where users can place websites, documents, images, text, and videos into virtual 3-ring binders. Easy, attractive, and free!

I nominate LiveBinders for one of the top 10 web tools for 2011. Wow!

This site is relatively new - launched within the past year. They have a fantastic Twitter presence (@simplek12) and share lots of interesting news, links, and strategies through their blog. Some services are premium, but they also offer many free tools (the biggest one being a 21st century skills assessment test!).

Here is an excellent resource that can be paired with youtube. It allows you to create a safe link to a video (removing possibly offensive peripherals) and even crop the video to only show what you want to from it. What a wonderful tool for teachers who use youtube!

A free social learning network for teachers, students and schools on the Web. Offers a safe and easy way to post classroom materials, share helpful links and videos, and access homework, grades and school-wide notices.

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This is a cached version of page two of the online safety report article from eSchoolNews. Because you are required to have a (free) account to finish reading the article, I thought I would save everyone the step and just share the article. To view the cached version in Diigo, just click on the icon that says 'snapshot'.