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Penzu: a free online diary and personal journal that is focused on privacy. Students can keep their thoughts / reflections and ideas to themselves and share only if they want to.
Springpad (remember, act, share): like Evernote - a service to put everything in the cloud - this application lets you quickly and easily save ideas and info that you come across everyday. They enhance what you upload with a link and then you access it from the web or your phone.
Technology, Entertainment, Design: riveting talks by remarkable people, free to to the world. Some of the most amazing video presentations on the Internet on a variety of current topics. Excellent stuff for inspiring class and putting things in perspective.