Free Slideshow Creation and Sharing Sites

I am far from an expert on Web 2.0 slide show/presentation creation and sharing applications, but here is a list I complied of applications other educators have blogged about. I should note that there are links to sites that review some of these applications below. (In answer to the specific question I was asked, many of these have a "private publish" option or you could embed into a blog that is only open to certain people.)

Also, you should keep in mind that some people believe there is a Web 2.0 "bubble" right now and that when it "pops" many of the companies offering these applications will no longer be around - so don't count on these companies to have the only copies of your precious memories or carefully created presentation, back everything up on your end.

Slide Show Creation

• Bubbleshare (photo slide shows, audio, themes, clip art, videos, create books and calendars)
• Flickr Show (photo slide shows of Flickr images)
  
• Image Loop (photo slide shows, guest books, XML)
• Photo Show* (photo slide shows with transitions, captions and music)
  
• Picture Trail (photo animations, shows, embellishment, hosting, social network)
  
• Slide (photo slide shows, embellishment, screen savers integrates to You Tube)
  
• Slideroll (photo slide shows)
  
• Slide Story (photos with voice narration)
• SmileBox (shows of photos, videos, text and music)
• Tabblo ("make stuff with your photos")
  
• Flektor (photo slide show creator and more - adults only)
  
• Rock You ("cool" photo slide show creator - adults only)

Power Point-esque
(professional type presentation tools or uploading of PPT and similar)

• Empressr
  
• Google Presentations
  
• Image Loop
• S5
• Slide Rocket
  
• SlideShare*
• Spresent
  
• Thumbstacks
  
• WebEx
• Zoho Show
  

Online Multimedia Scrapbooks

• Funtigo
• Glogster
  
• Scrapblog
  

Video Editing and Sharing

• Eyespot
  
• Jumpcut
• VuVox
  

Reviews

• CNET review of photo creation/sharing sites
• Kolabara Review of WEB 2.0 Presentation Tools
• Master New Media Comparison Guide
• Free Resources from the Net for (Special) Education
• First Tube Review
  

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Looking for Web 2.0 Applications? I suggest Go 2 Web 2.0.

*indicates that you can see examples of the final result of this tool on this blog