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[|Tumblr] This “micro-blogging” site upgraded their service this year. It’s a great place for students to easily post a whole lot of their work. Students can have individual or group “Tumblrs.” A student can also share their password with a small number of students who can leave comments.

[|VoiceThread] You can upload pictures and create an audio narrative to go along with them. In addition, audio comments can be left by visitors. VoiceThread also provides a great deal to teachers by allowing them to get their premium services for free, including allowing them to create a zillion VoiceThreads for free. Happily, they’ve finally incorporated the feature of allowing you to include images off the web just by inserting its url.

[|Show Beyond] Allows audio narration of slideshows, but doesn’t allow audio comments like VoiceThread. You can also add music and text. It’s particularly good in District’s, like ours, that block streaming media (like VoiceThread).

[|Daft Doggy] Allows the creation of website tours — a series of websites where you also leave your own descriptive text or instructions on each page. You can use it to create Internet scavenger hunts. Visitors can also leave comments. The site’s creator has a different part of his site where you can easily make voice recordings, and plans to connect that ability up to the webtours soon so visitors can leave audio comments. When that happens, Daft Doggy should move even higher on this list.

[|One True Media] A very easy way to create slideshows on the Web, and add text, music and images.

[|circaVie] Online application for creating timelines and incorporating images. It can be used in any number of lessons.

[|Del.icio.us] Web Favorites with sharing possible.

Source: http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2007/12/21/the-best-web-20-applications-for-education-2007/