Jux is a site that allows you to create block quotes, articles, photo pages, slideshows and countdowns with pictures that you either upload or supply the url links to. This site is very easy to use and I feel that students would pick up on it very easily. You can add captions to the pictures if you want to or delete them out and have just the picture. Once your project is completed, it can either be emailed, embedded, or shared with Facebook or Twitter. This makes this site very powerful if you want to share your creations in a very easy way. One of the downsides that I noticed was, when uploading or linking to a picture, you cannot move the actually picture around on the screen. However big it is, it will load just that size, sometimes cutting out important parts of the photo. I could see this website used in the classroom in a few ways. First, you could use this website to introduce yourself to your students at the beginning of the year. Second, you could use the countdown feature and post pictures with the most important concepts at the end of a unit. Third, you could give the students a selection of curriculum related photos and have them explain what they have learned about these photos during a unit.
Below are three creations that I made using this site - a slideshow of my son, a top ten list of things that I like, and just a random photo with words on it.
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