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"User review sites like Yelp and Tripadvisor can be a boon for people looking for a stylish haircut, authentic Thai curry or dog-friendly hotel, but savvy users say it takes a little detective work to keep from being led astray by false kudos or criticisms."

Have you been looking for an easy way to have students put in their ideas and outlines into a visually appealing format? Text 2 Mind Map provides students with a visual representation of their brainstorming activity. This free, online, tool would be great for pre-writing activities, vocabulary instruction, foreign language acquisition, or whenever you introduce a new concept that revolves around a particular subject area.

"Rewordify.com is powerful, free, online reading comprehension and vocabulary development software. It helps people understand difficult English faster, helps them learn words in new ways, and helps teachers create high-interest learning materials from any English text passage."

"A Web Whiteboard is touch-friendly online whiteboard app that lets you use your computer, tablet or smartphone to easily draw sketches, collaborate with others and share them with the world."

RealTime Board---Let's you spread out with a never-ending whiteboard

Animated GIF maker web app.

Teachers can have students create 15 second movies via Instragram. #tag it with a common class tag and video themselves reflecting on the content or over-arching question for the unit. (Requires students to use phones to video, teacher will need Instagram account and dropbox.com account to post the videos or have students use their own accounts if they have them)

"One-click screen capture recording "

Presentation Software that lets you narrate your PowerPoint over the web. Embed-able and records you as you deliver your PowerPoint presentation.