High School Yearbooks OnlineWhy have High School Yearbooks Online At the moment, my school is producing its yearly Yearbooks in a paper form - last year it experimented with building its Yearbook using only DVDs. Now students can create their own Year books online. It is a bit like facebook or MySpace - students use it to share and communicate ideas and vote on topics like which student is likely to be the most successful in the future. High School Yearbooks Online is a really cool sites for Teens. I liked it and I am 37. It is pitched at the right level, mixing a serious side, with lots of funny things - such as a virtual selling site. The principal idea behind this site, is that you sign up with this site and keep with them forever - no information is ever deleted - you can only add to your area. What are the negative sides to this site? The only problem I do see with this site - is that with a paper year book, when the publishers fold, I still have a book in my hand - what happens if some big financial crisis did wipe them out? What are the positive sides to this site First - it is completely free and you can make lots of friends online - it is now the third largest social network in America. Secondly, it is a great way for children to generate their own material - at the moment the teacher has to do most of the preparation and work on the book. This means it does tend to lack spontaneity and fun and can be rather a boring book. Thirdly - these people really care about their members - you can see this. Read about their story at the bottom of their page, read their blog and read their advice to how to stay safe online. The final benefit of this site, is that wherever you are, you can report abuse, so the first sign someone is bullying you, you can report them without needing to find any specific page. Summary Check out this High School Yearbooks Online website - it is free and you have nothing to lose and it is fun to read what teenagers write about to each other - I loved the problems pages.
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