Grants and Free Things
Dell Grant Calendar for 2011-2012
Digital Wish-Create a profile for your school. Anyone can make a donation toward your school. When you have enough funds in your account you can go shopping through the Digital Wish store. They also have grants.
Grant Gopher-A service that helps registered users find grants for just about any non-profit organization.
Giving Getting-A website whose goal is to help people exchange free material gifts
iLoveSchools - A free service that helps teachers get supplies for their classrooms
Classwish- A service through which teachers can find people willing to help purchase supplies for their classrooms
Kids In Need Foundation
WeAreTeachers-Ongoing grants for anything from $200 to a flip cam. Submit a project idea and garner enough votes by the deadline and you win. There are constantly new grants announced.
DonorsChoose-Create a teacher account and submit a project proposal like a set of books or a digital camera. Solicit donations and get your project funded by a deadline. If your project is not funded by the deadline, any donations made to your project can be applied to another project. Many corporate donors fund projects, too.
ThinkQuest-Create a student team to solve a real-world problem and win hardware and a cash prize for your school. Requires a good amount of commitment, but epitomizes authentic learning. Competitions in various age ranges under 19 years old.
GoToFreebie-Makes it easy to find and share the hottest freebies, free stuff and free samples
Pets in the Classroom-Providesclassroom grantsto teachers who would like to have mammals or fish pets in their classrooms
Do Something Seed Grant-Start a community action project or program
Digital Wish-Create a profile for your school. Anyone can make a donation toward your school. When you have enough funds in your account you can go shopping through the Digital Wish store. They also have grants.
Grant Gopher-A service that helps registered users find grants for just about any non-profit organization.
Giving Getting-A website whose goal is to help people exchange free material gifts
iLoveSchools - A free service that helps teachers get supplies for their classrooms
Classwish- A service through which teachers can find people willing to help purchase supplies for their classrooms
Kids In Need Foundation
WeAreTeachers-Ongoing grants for anything from $200 to a flip cam. Submit a project idea and garner enough votes by the deadline and you win. There are constantly new grants announced.
DonorsChoose-Create a teacher account and submit a project proposal like a set of books or a digital camera. Solicit donations and get your project funded by a deadline. If your project is not funded by the deadline, any donations made to your project can be applied to another project. Many corporate donors fund projects, too.
ThinkQuest-Create a student team to solve a real-world problem and win hardware and a cash prize for your school. Requires a good amount of commitment, but epitomizes authentic learning. Competitions in various age ranges under 19 years old.
GoToFreebie-Makes it easy to find and share the hottest freebies, free stuff and free samples
Pets in the Classroom-Providesclassroom grantsto teachers who would like to have mammals or fish pets in their classrooms
Do Something Seed Grant-Start a community action project or program
Grade Level Content Expectations and Common Core Standards
Common Core Curriculum Maps-Great resource
Mastery Connect -Provides a free community for educators to share and discuss their plans around Common Core standards
Common Core Resources from the Michigan Department of Education
On the Road to Implementation-Good resource.
Proficiency Scale Bank-This database gives you access to sample standards scales, scales based on common core standards, and assessment items designed to assess each level of the scale
Common Core State Standards Initiative
I Can Statements-From Marlboro Elementary School
LearnZillion-Great source for finding lesson plans related to the Common Core StandardsCommon Core State Standards for School Leaders Common Core Implementation Workbook
P21 Common Core Toolkit
Mastery Connect -Provides a free community for educators to share and discuss their plans around Common Core standards
Common Core Resources from the Michigan Department of Education
On the Road to Implementation-Good resource.
Proficiency Scale Bank-This database gives you access to sample standards scales, scales based on common core standards, and assessment items designed to assess each level of the scale
Common Core State Standards Initiative
I Can Statements-From Marlboro Elementary School
LearnZillion-Great source for finding lesson plans related to the Common Core StandardsCommon Core State Standards for School Leaders Common Core Implementation Workbook
P21 Common Core Toolkit
21 Things for Teachers Project
Professional Development
Open Yale Courses-A great way to brush-up on topics that you might be teaching in the fall or learn more about a topic that you have a natural interest in
Best Places To Educate Yourself Online For Free
385 Free Online Courses from Top Universities
Many Books-Over 29,000 free e-books
Best Places To Educate Yourself Online For Free
385 Free Online Courses from Top Universities
Many Books-Over 29,000 free e-books
Research
Mashpedia-A real-time encyclopedia that publishes reference pages comprised of information from the social web. Each Mashpedia page pulls information from sources like Flickr, Twitter, Wikipedia, and blogs.
Tutorial Video-YouTube
Citebite-A simple tool for creating a direct link to a passage of text on a webpage
Tutorial Video-YouTube
Wikihood-A neat way to explore the world in your web browser. Wikihood is one part Wikipedia and one part Google Maps
Tildee-A good site for creating, sharing, and locating tutorials for all kinds of technology-related things
Tutorial Video-YouTube
Qwiki-Multimedia Encyclopedia
Tutorial Video-YouTube
Acronym Finder
Glean Comparison Search-Comparison searching enables students to develop more thoughtful and nuanced understandings of their research topics and the way they themselves ask questions and search for information.Write Your Own Academic Sentence- Need a sentence for your latest article? Write one here! Just select a word or phrase from each drop-down list and click "Write It." Simple English Wikipedia
Simple English WiktionaryPlagiarism detection tools for educatorsDictionary.comIdiom Dictionary -Was created to help people understand the meanings of more than five thousand English idioms ReadCube | Free Reference Manager - Academic Software For Research
WikiSummarizer-Automatically summarizes the Wikipedia articles, identifies the most important keywords and ranks them by relevancy
Tutorial Video-YouTube
Son of Citation Machine-Makes citing articles easy
Tutorial Video-YouTube
CiteThisForMe - The Harvard Referencing Generator Wordia -A free visual, video dictionary
Michigan Online Resources for Educators
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… - The Best Places To Find Quotations On The Web
Wolfram|Alpha: Computational Knowledge Engine
Wolfram|Alpha for Educators
Wolfram|Alpha Widget Builder
Tutorial Video-YouTube
Citebite-A simple tool for creating a direct link to a passage of text on a webpage
Tutorial Video-YouTube
Wikihood-A neat way to explore the world in your web browser. Wikihood is one part Wikipedia and one part Google Maps
Tildee-A good site for creating, sharing, and locating tutorials for all kinds of technology-related things
Tutorial Video-YouTube
Qwiki-Multimedia Encyclopedia
Tutorial Video-YouTube
Acronym Finder
Glean Comparison Search-Comparison searching enables students to develop more thoughtful and nuanced understandings of their research topics and the way they themselves ask questions and search for information.Write Your Own Academic Sentence- Need a sentence for your latest article? Write one here! Just select a word or phrase from each drop-down list and click "Write It." Simple English Wikipedia
Simple English WiktionaryPlagiarism detection tools for educatorsDictionary.comIdiom Dictionary -Was created to help people understand the meanings of more than five thousand English idioms ReadCube | Free Reference Manager - Academic Software For Research
WikiSummarizer-Automatically summarizes the Wikipedia articles, identifies the most important keywords and ranks them by relevancy
Tutorial Video-YouTube
Son of Citation Machine-Makes citing articles easy
Tutorial Video-YouTube
CiteThisForMe - The Harvard Referencing Generator Wordia -A free visual, video dictionary
Michigan Online Resources for Educators
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… - The Best Places To Find Quotations On The Web
Wolfram|Alpha: Computational Knowledge Engine
Wolfram|Alpha for Educators
Wolfram|Alpha Widget Builder
Creating Classroom Web Pages with Weebly
Tutorial Video
Creative Commons-Allows you to create a copyright for your work.
Tutorial Video
Creative Commons Search
Behold- A search engine that is designed to help you find the best Creative Commons licensed images for your blog, slideshow, or video project
Creative Commons-Allows you to create a copyright for your work.
Tutorial Video
Creative Commons Search
Behold- A search engine that is designed to help you find the best Creative Commons licensed images for your blog, slideshow, or video project
Easy Digital Photo Editing, Music and Movie Making
Fotoflexer-Online photo editing site
Tutorial Video
Windows Movie Maker-Easy way to make videos
Tutorial Video
Image Embellisher-Can use this site to use some neat effects with pictures
Pixlr.com
Pixlr-o-matic
The Best Sites For Online Photo-Editing & Photo Effects
Pics 4 Learning -Free pictures to use in your classroom presentations
Image*After-More than 27,000 free stock images
PhotoCollect-Lets multiple people upload images to the same account — perfect for field trips
Psykopaint-Create art from digital pictures
iPiccy-Makes your photo awesome with many easy to use photo tools
Cloud Canvas
Tutorial Video-YouTube
flauntR-Photo editor
ArcSoft Perfect365 – One-click MakeoverPicfull - Free One Click Photo Editing
Gotbrainy Go Moxie-Free Music & Videos for School Projects
Photovisi-Online photo collage maker
ImageBase-Free images
Music
Freeplay Music -Free music to add to presentations
Looplabs-Create your own music for presentations
Tutorial Video-YouTube
Aviary-Online music creator
Tutorial Video-YouTube
Beatlab-A free service through which you can experiment with thousands of sound and rhythm combinations.
Incredibox-Allows you to create unique rhythms and sounds
Tutorial Video-YouTube
Ujam-Create your own songs
Tutorial Video-YouTube
Soundation-Create and remix sound tracks online
Tutorial Video-YouTube
Wolfram Tones-Allows visitors to choose samples from fifteen different genres of music on which to build their own sounds.
Tutorial Video-YouTube
Monkey Machine-A free web-based program that allows students to experiment with drum set sounds and rhythms
Tutorial Video-YouTube
Jamendo-Royalty free music
Last.fm-Listen to free music
Free Sound Effects
Movie Making
MovieSandBox-Create 3D Movies
Automatoon-Create your own animation
Tutorial Video-YouTube
JellyCam-A free program for creating stop motion movies
Tutorial Video-YouTube
Xtranormal-3D movie maker
Tutorial Video
Go Animate for Schools.
WeVideo - Collaborative Online Video Editor in the CloudAnmish-Create your own animations
Dvolver-Simple cartoon movie maker
Fresh and New Friday: Record Your Screen with PasteVid | Engaging Educators
Free Technology for Teachers: Solid Advice for Creating Better Videos
Windows Movie Maker-Easy way to make videos
Tutorial Video
Tutorial Video
Windows Movie Maker-Easy way to make videos
Tutorial Video
Image Embellisher-Can use this site to use some neat effects with pictures
Pixlr.com
Pixlr-o-matic
The Best Sites For Online Photo-Editing & Photo Effects
Pics 4 Learning -Free pictures to use in your classroom presentations
Image*After-More than 27,000 free stock images
PhotoCollect-Lets multiple people upload images to the same account — perfect for field trips
Psykopaint-Create art from digital pictures
iPiccy-Makes your photo awesome with many easy to use photo tools
Cloud Canvas
Tutorial Video-YouTube
flauntR-Photo editor
ArcSoft Perfect365 – One-click MakeoverPicfull - Free One Click Photo Editing
Gotbrainy Go Moxie-Free Music & Videos for School Projects
Photovisi-Online photo collage maker
ImageBase-Free images
Music
Freeplay Music -Free music to add to presentations
Looplabs-Create your own music for presentations
Tutorial Video-YouTube
Aviary-Online music creator
Tutorial Video-YouTube
Beatlab-A free service through which you can experiment with thousands of sound and rhythm combinations.
Incredibox-Allows you to create unique rhythms and sounds
Tutorial Video-YouTube
Ujam-Create your own songs
Tutorial Video-YouTube
Soundation-Create and remix sound tracks online
Tutorial Video-YouTube
Wolfram Tones-Allows visitors to choose samples from fifteen different genres of music on which to build their own sounds.
Tutorial Video-YouTube
Monkey Machine-A free web-based program that allows students to experiment with drum set sounds and rhythms
Tutorial Video-YouTube
Jamendo-Royalty free music
Last.fm-Listen to free music
Free Sound Effects
Movie Making
MovieSandBox-Create 3D Movies
Automatoon-Create your own animation
Tutorial Video-YouTube
JellyCam-A free program for creating stop motion movies
Tutorial Video-YouTube
Xtranormal-3D movie maker
Tutorial Video
Go Animate for Schools.
WeVideo - Collaborative Online Video Editor in the CloudAnmish-Create your own animations
Dvolver-Simple cartoon movie maker
Fresh and New Friday: Record Your Screen with PasteVid | Engaging Educators
Free Technology for Teachers: Solid Advice for Creating Better Videos
Windows Movie Maker-Easy way to make videos
Tutorial Video
Google It
Google
How to Use Google Docs
Google Docs Templates
Google Apps Education Training Center
100 Google Tricks That will Save You Time In School
Google Search Tips
Cool Cat Teacher Blog: Incredibly Useful Google Apps Correlated to Bloom's Revised Taxonomy
69 Interesting Ways to Use Google Forms in the Classroom
70+ Google Forms for the Classroom
Google Earth-A virtual globe
Google Maps-Check out the Gallery
Google Art Project-Explore museums from around the world
Google Scholar-Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature
Google Sky-An online sky/outer space viewer
Google Moon-A photographic map of the moon
Google Mars-A photographic map of Mars
Google Advisor– is a new web based service launched by Google that aims to help you make financial decisions easily
Goo.gl-An URL shortener
Google Books-Search the latest index of the world's books
Google Books for Educators-Good article
Google News Timeline-A web application that organizes information chronologically
Google for Teachers-e-book
Google for Teachers II-e-book
Beyond Google- e-book
Google Earth Across the Curriculum-e-book
Google+:The Complete Guide
Google+:Guide for Beginners
Getting Started with Google+
Chrome Web Store - Announcify-Text to Speech extension for Google ChromeInfographic: Get More Out Of Google | HackCollege
Google+ Cheat Sheets
Boolify-Allows students to visualize and interact with the abstract concept behind the search process
Google Docs-Why Care?
How to Send/Receive Tweets in Google +
Google Tutorials
_ Google Calendar "Make Appointments" Feature-Tutorial PDFUsing Google Docs to Create Digital Kits for Student ProjectsFree Technology for Teachers: GE Teach - Teaching With Google EarthSpotlight on Developers: Educational Spreadsheet Gadgets | Docs Blog
Moving at the Speed of Creativity - Use a Google Docs Spreadsheet to Send Text Message Alerts to Students
How to Use Google Docs
Google Docs Templates
Google Apps Education Training Center
100 Google Tricks That will Save You Time In School
Google Search Tips
Cool Cat Teacher Blog: Incredibly Useful Google Apps Correlated to Bloom's Revised Taxonomy
69 Interesting Ways to Use Google Forms in the Classroom
70+ Google Forms for the Classroom
Google Earth-A virtual globe
Google Maps-Check out the Gallery
Google Art Project-Explore museums from around the world
Google Scholar-Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature
Google Sky-An online sky/outer space viewer
Google Moon-A photographic map of the moon
Google Mars-A photographic map of Mars
Google Advisor– is a new web based service launched by Google that aims to help you make financial decisions easily
Goo.gl-An URL shortener
Google Books-Search the latest index of the world's books
Google Books for Educators-Good article
Google News Timeline-A web application that organizes information chronologically
Google for Teachers-e-book
Google for Teachers II-e-book
Beyond Google- e-book
Google Earth Across the Curriculum-e-book
Google+:The Complete Guide
Google+:Guide for Beginners
Getting Started with Google+
Chrome Web Store - Announcify-Text to Speech extension for Google ChromeInfographic: Get More Out Of Google | HackCollege
Google+ Cheat Sheets
Boolify-Allows students to visualize and interact with the abstract concept behind the search process
Google Docs-Why Care?
How to Send/Receive Tweets in Google +
Google Tutorials
_ Google Calendar "Make Appointments" Feature-Tutorial PDFUsing Google Docs to Create Digital Kits for Student ProjectsFree Technology for Teachers: GE Teach - Teaching With Google EarthSpotlight on Developers: Educational Spreadsheet Gadgets | Docs Blog
Moving at the Speed of Creativity - Use a Google Docs Spreadsheet to Send Text Message Alerts to Students
Differentiated Instruction
Read the Words-A free, web based service that assists people with written material.
Vox Me-A text to speech program.
Intervention Central-Provides teachers and schools with free articles and tools to successfully implement Response to Intervention
Easy CBM-A progress monitoring systemt that provides assessments for students in grade K-8
You Can Handle Them All-A resource on how to handle behavior problems at home & school
Go Go News-Online news resource for children. Students can listen to the stories.
Books Should Be Free-Free audio books
The Best Resources On Differentiating Instruction-Larry FerlazzoGreat LiveBinder on Differentiation for High Ability StudentsThe Road to A Non-Traditional Classroom
Education Week Teacher: The Five-by-Five Approach to Differentiation SuccessFree Technology Toolkit for UDL in All ClassroomsVocalyze -A free service that reads the content of popular websites
Byrdseed-Resources for gifted students
Vox Me-A text to speech program.
Intervention Central-Provides teachers and schools with free articles and tools to successfully implement Response to Intervention
Easy CBM-A progress monitoring systemt that provides assessments for students in grade K-8
You Can Handle Them All-A resource on how to handle behavior problems at home & school
Go Go News-Online news resource for children. Students can listen to the stories.
Books Should Be Free-Free audio books
The Best Resources On Differentiating Instruction-Larry FerlazzoGreat LiveBinder on Differentiation for High Ability StudentsThe Road to A Non-Traditional Classroom
Education Week Teacher: The Five-by-Five Approach to Differentiation SuccessFree Technology Toolkit for UDL in All ClassroomsVocalyze -A free service that reads the content of popular websites
Byrdseed-Resources for gifted students
Visual Learning
Wordsift-Helps sift through texts to identify challenging words or concepts in a lesson
Visuwords-Online graphical dictionary
Tutorial Video
Quintura for Kids-A visual-based search engine designed specifically for children
Wordia-A free visual, video dictionary
Word Stash -A free service that describes itself as "half vocabulary builder, half dictionary, and full awesome."
_Graph Words-A simple visual thesaurus
Oolone- The Oolone visual search engine allows you to search the web by viewing the resulting websites as images before visiting them.
Timer Lab-Online stopwatch, alarm, and timer
Online Stopwatch
Online Egg Timer -A simple website offering three countdown timers on one screen
Timerrr.com-Offers two versions of their free countdown service. The regular Timerrr displays a dial like my grandmother used to have on top of her stove. The "egg timer" version displays an egg timer as the countdown device. Both can be used to set a countdown of up to sixty minutes
Wordle-A toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide
Tutorial Video
How to Use Wordle
Tagxedo-Create a word cloud out of a speech or any other text
Tutorial Video
National Geographic Slideshows
Tag Galaxy-A neat little tool that helps students to explore relationships between words and ideas
Tutorial Video-YouTube
Starting Gate Press-Use these pictures as story starters
30 Years of the Space Shuttle
Logotype Maker-Make your own logo
Glogster
Using Glogster for Differentiation
Star Wars Crawl CreatorEIGHT FREE TOOLS FOR TEACHERS TO MAKE AWESOME INFOGRAPHICSThinglink — Make Your Images Interactive
Blabberize -Allows you to upload an image, have the mouth’s image move in a comedic way, and then “speak” your voice
Big Huge Labs-Create your own motivational posters and other cool things
GeoTrio- Lets you create a virtual tour of just about anyplace on a map
Words Like- is a handy little website for those times when you need a thesaurus
Infographic of the U.S. Flag
Infographic of How Our Laws Are Made
The Periodic Table of Periodic Tables
Mt. Everest Webcam-Live video from Mt. Everest
Besmurfed-Create your own smurf
Free Technology for Teachers: Museum Box Is a Great Way for Students to Create Virtual Artifact Displays
Free Technology for Teachers: Slatebox - Visualize Everything
Free Technology for Teachers: Using Wall Wisher in the Classroom
The Best NASA Satellite Photos From The Last 50 Years
Best Examples of Astronaut Photography
The 21 Greatest Space Photos Ever
_5 Unbeatable Types of Infographic + Free Tools to Create Them
10 Awesome Free Tools To Make Infographics
_Visualize Everything: 32 Free Tools To Create Different Diagrams
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… - The Best Sites To See “Photos That Changed The World”
Anatomy of An Infographic
Infogram-Make your own infographic
Oh, The Horror! An Ode to Horror Cult Classics | Visual.ly
_5 Free Web 2.0 Brainstorming/MIndmapping Tools | Mark Brumley | TechTalk | Scoop.it
Mind Mapping Sites
Quicklyst-A nice tool for taking notes and creating outlines. Provides a simple outline template that you can use to take notes
Knowcase-A free tool for recording ideas and creating outlines
Spider Scribe-Online mind map creation service.
Exploratree-Free graphic organizer creation tool
Slatebox-Tool for collaboratively creating mind maps and organizational charts
Pearltrees-A place to organize discover and share everything you like on the web
Get Organized with WorkFlowy
Diagramly-Draw diagrams online
Visuwords-Online graphical dictionary
Tutorial Video
Quintura for Kids-A visual-based search engine designed specifically for children
Wordia-A free visual, video dictionary
Word Stash -A free service that describes itself as "half vocabulary builder, half dictionary, and full awesome."
_Graph Words-A simple visual thesaurus
Oolone- The Oolone visual search engine allows you to search the web by viewing the resulting websites as images before visiting them.
Timer Lab-Online stopwatch, alarm, and timer
Online Stopwatch
Online Egg Timer -A simple website offering three countdown timers on one screen
Timerrr.com-Offers two versions of their free countdown service. The regular Timerrr displays a dial like my grandmother used to have on top of her stove. The "egg timer" version displays an egg timer as the countdown device. Both can be used to set a countdown of up to sixty minutes
Wordle-A toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide
Tutorial Video
How to Use Wordle
Tagxedo-Create a word cloud out of a speech or any other text
Tutorial Video
National Geographic Slideshows
Tag Galaxy-A neat little tool that helps students to explore relationships between words and ideas
Tutorial Video-YouTube
Starting Gate Press-Use these pictures as story starters
30 Years of the Space Shuttle
Logotype Maker-Make your own logo
Glogster
Using Glogster for Differentiation
Star Wars Crawl CreatorEIGHT FREE TOOLS FOR TEACHERS TO MAKE AWESOME INFOGRAPHICSThinglink — Make Your Images Interactive
Blabberize -Allows you to upload an image, have the mouth’s image move in a comedic way, and then “speak” your voice
Big Huge Labs-Create your own motivational posters and other cool things
GeoTrio- Lets you create a virtual tour of just about anyplace on a map
Words Like- is a handy little website for those times when you need a thesaurus
Infographic of the U.S. Flag
Infographic of How Our Laws Are Made
The Periodic Table of Periodic Tables
Mt. Everest Webcam-Live video from Mt. Everest
Besmurfed-Create your own smurf
Free Technology for Teachers: Museum Box Is a Great Way for Students to Create Virtual Artifact Displays
Free Technology for Teachers: Slatebox - Visualize Everything
Free Technology for Teachers: Using Wall Wisher in the Classroom
The Best NASA Satellite Photos From The Last 50 Years
Best Examples of Astronaut Photography
The 21 Greatest Space Photos Ever
_5 Unbeatable Types of Infographic + Free Tools to Create Them
10 Awesome Free Tools To Make Infographics
_Visualize Everything: 32 Free Tools To Create Different Diagrams
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… - The Best Sites To See “Photos That Changed The World”
Anatomy of An Infographic
Infogram-Make your own infographic
Oh, The Horror! An Ode to Horror Cult Classics | Visual.ly
_5 Free Web 2.0 Brainstorming/MIndmapping Tools | Mark Brumley | TechTalk | Scoop.it
Mind Mapping Sites
Quicklyst-A nice tool for taking notes and creating outlines. Provides a simple outline template that you can use to take notes
Knowcase-A free tool for recording ideas and creating outlines
Spider Scribe-Online mind map creation service.
Exploratree-Free graphic organizer creation tool
Slatebox-Tool for collaboratively creating mind maps and organizational charts
Pearltrees-A place to organize discover and share everything you like on the web
Get Organized with WorkFlowy
Diagramly-Draw diagrams online
Content Area Web Sites-Work Smarter, Not Harder!
Thinkfinity-Lesson plan resource for all subject areas
Tutorial Video
Parade of Games in PowerPoint-Educators can select and download PowerPoint games that support learning
Laura Candler's File Cabinet-Collection of classroom-tested activities and strategies
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
On the Road to Implementation-A guide to implementing the Common Core
Top 25 Websites for Teaching and Learning-From the American Association of School Librarians
Bright Hub-Good Resources for K-12 Teachers (Both General Education and Special Education)
Awesome Library
TeachersFirst
Mnemonic Devices- Good website that provides mnemonic devices in a number of categories
150 Free Textbooks:A Meta Collection-Great for High School
Scholastic's Teacher Web Site-Reading, Writing, and Online Publishing resources for all grade levels
NEA Lesson Plan Page
MiddleWeb-Great Middle School resources
Great Questions List-Great for students to use during interviews
Kids Know It Network -Provides educational games for all content areas taught in grades K-6
Internet4Classrooms-An outstanding place to go for high quality, free internet resources for use in classroom instruction
Twurdy-Readability software that includes information about the number of words on the page, the average number of syllables in each word, the average sentence length and more to determine a pages readability level
Cybraryman Internet Catalogue
Awesome Library
Wake Up Brain! -Brainstormng exercises
Curriculum Bank | KQED Public Media for Northern CA
“How To” Pedagogy Sheets — Tennessee Teaching and Learning Center
Tony Vincent's Learning in Hand - GaETC PBL in Hand Study Ladder- A sequential learning program with videos, interactive activities, worksheets and assessments
Language Arts
All Grade Levels
Discovery Education Teaching Tools-Has lesson plans for all subject areas
Free Resources for Educational Excellence-Resources from the U.S. Department of Education
Read,Write,Think-Great Language Arts resources
Pencamp-Allow your students to publish their writing online without having to got through the process of creating a full-fledged blog
Great Source-A number of very helpful resources for students
The Best Websites For K-12 Writing Instruction/Reinforcement
Name That Literary Element- A game from Glencoe
CogDogRoo-50 tools for story writing
MakeBeliefsComix-Create your own comic strip
Tutorial Video-YouTube
ToonDoo-Make your own cartoons
Tutorial Video-YouTube
Character Trading Cards-Allows students to create their own character cards
10 Ways to Create Online Comics
Essay Maps-An interactive graphic organizer
Free Rice Vocabulary-FreeRice is a non-profit website run by the United Nations World Food Programme. This site has vocabulary for Language Arts, Math, Foreign Language, and Chemistry
Grammar Rules
7 Resources for Teaching and Learning Vocabulary
A Beginning List Of The Best Folklore & Myth Sites
How to Do Research-From Kentucky Virtual Library
Picture Book Maker
Student Model Essays-From Scholastic. Look under Projects By Subject near the bottom right of the page
Word Tamer-A neat site for learning the process of developing characters, settings, and plots in creative writing
My Vocabulary
Book-A-Day Almanac
The Best Sites For Learning About The Alphabet
ReadWorks - Presented by educators and the not-for-profit organization Urban Education Exchange (a 501c3). Their mission is to close the achievement gap in reading comprehension throughout the United States
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… - The Best Collections Of Funny Signs (For Use In English Classes)
The Best Sites For Learning About The Alphabet | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
Elementary (K-5)
Alphabetimals | Fun Animal Alphabet Game, Personalized Baby & Toddler Gifts, Free Coloring Book, Poster, and Flash Cards
Reading Intervention Strategies for K–6 Students-Solution Tree Reproducibles
Improving Reading Comprehension in Kindergarten Through 3rd Grade-From the U.S. Department of Education "What Works" series
Teaching Left and Right to Kindergarten Students
Free Online Reading Resources for 2nd Grade
MeRead? No Way! -A practical guide to improving boys’ literacy skills
Spelling City
Reading is Fundamental-Good resource for literacy activities
Reading Bear - learn to read for free!
A Book and a Hug-Find books by age level, subject, or title
Storyline Online-Hear stories read outloud
Create A Tale-Students can create a tale using step-by-step instructions including images
Grammar Ninja-A fun game for students to play as they develop a working knowledge of the parts of speech
StoryBird-Storybirds are short, art-inspired stories you make to share, read, and print
SlimeKids -Features an extensive collection of book trailers organized by year and by grade level as well as numerous language arts-related games in such categories as spelling, typing, vocabulary and grammar
BBC Bitesize Revision for Writing
Digital Storytelling Kit
Grammar Blast-Offers 35 interactive grammar activities for students in grades two through five
Grammar Practice Park -Produced by Harcourt School Publishers provides 12 games for students in grades three, four, and five
First 55-The first 55 words any child will need to know
Spellzone - A new interactive site to learn and practice spelling
Kids Spell -Provides eight free games that help students learn to spell more than 6,000 words
Spin and Spell -Asks students to select a picture and then spell the name of the item
GamesGames.com -Offers sixteen free spelling games. Most of the games seem to be designed with grades 3, 4, and 5 in mind
Catch the Spelling- Offers more than two dozen categories of spelling games
DLTK's Alphabuddies Crafts for Kids
The Best Spelling Sites
Toronto Pubilc Library Story Builder
Grades 6-12
Plagiarisma.Net-Online Plagiarism Checker
Reading Intervention Strategies for K–6 Students-Solution Tree Reproducibles
Power Tools for Adolescent Literacy-Solution Tree Reproducibles
Comic Master-A free tool designed for students to use to create comics in the "graphic novel style" that is popular with a lot of kids in the ten to fourteen years old age range
AdLit - Teachers can find book lists, video interviews with authors, and a comprehensive list of strategies for teaching reading and writing for adolescents
60 Second Recap -Provides book summaries in sixty second video segments
Web English Teacher-Great site for Language Arts teachers of all levels
Improving Adolescent Literacy:Effective Classroom and Intervention Practices-From the U.S. Department of Education "What Works" series
Teaching Resume Writing Using Novel Characters-For High School Teachers
The History of English-A series of ten short YouTube videos providing an overview of the history of the English language.
Purdue Online Writing Lab
PBSMASTERPIECE-Has more than 30 Teacher’sGuides can help youenhance the use of MASTERPIECE films in your classroom
Vocab Ahead -Offers online study rooms in which students can take practice vocabulary quizzes
Knoword-A fun and challenging game that tests your ability to match definitions to words
BBC Skillwise -Has a great Writing site filled with interactive activities
Bombay TV -Lets you choose a scene from a B movie from Bollywood and have fun creating subtitles for the clip.
Toasted Cheese-A daily writing prompt site that publishes prompts on a monthly calendar
Writing Assessment Handbooks-Can be downloaded at The California Writing Project website
Create A Personalized Newspaper “News 360″ | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
The Best Sites For Creating Personalized “Newspapers” Online | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
Create Your Own Dilbert Comic Strip-Register on the site, and you can create your own Dilbert comic strips.
_Greek Heroes in Popular Culture Through Time series of short animated videos
Edgar Allen Poe Museum
Mark Twain Resources from PBS
Fakebook- Lets you make a fake Facebook page for a historical or fictional character
Math
All Grades
Webmath-Solve your math problems todayDiscovery Education Teaching Tools-Has lesson plans for all subject areas
Arithmequick
Free Resources for Educational Excellence-Resources from the U.S. Department of Education
Graph Paper Maker
Online Conversion
Encouraging Girls in Math & Science-From the U.S. Department of Education "What Works" seriesCalkoo -A website that offers forty-three free online calculators for a variety of functions
Ten Marks for Educators-Provides educators with an online forum in which they can assign mathematics practice problems to students and track their students' progress. If a student gets stuck on a problem he or she can open a tutorial to help him or her through the problem.For teachers of Grades 3-11
Developing Effective Fractions Instruction in Kindergarten Through 8th Grade-From the U.S. Department of Education "What Works" series
Thinking Blocks-A nice site for elementary and middle school mathematics teachers. Provides interactive templates in which students use brightly colored blocks to model and solve problems. As students work through the problems they are provided with feedback as to whether or not they are using the correct sequence to solve each problem
Math in the News-Short mathematics lessons based on current news stories
Math.com-Online games
Mathsnet-Online games
That Quiz-Different online quizes
Math Snacks-Online games
Math Play-Online games for Grades K-8
Get The Math
KB...Konnected • Grapher Easy to use graph maker for young...
Real World Math-Using Google Earth in the classroom
Multiplication.com -Has four pages of games for kids to use to practice the multiplication tables
The Best Sites That Students Can Use Independently And Let Teachers Check On Progress- Larry Ferlazzo
Welcome to the Virtual Pencil Home Page
5 Useful Websites To Learn Maths | Technically Digital
Grades K-5
Making Math Accessible to Students With Special Needs-Grades K-2-Solution Tree
Making Math Accessible to Students With Special Needs-Grades 3-5-Solution Tree
Measurement Center Ideas for Primary Students
Measurement Center Recording Sheet
Create A Graph
Hohli Online Charts Builder -A nice tool for creating a variety of charts for online display
StudyJams-A Scholastic website designed to help elementary school students learn and review math and science information through songs and videos
Arcademic Skill Builders-Online math games
Math Cats-A website full of short math activities and math games
Learn With Math Games-Offers online games as well as PDF templates for games that teachers and students can play in their classrooms
Learn Your Tables- A neat little site for students to use to learn and develop multiplication skills. The site offers two basic games on two different levels
Brain Nook-A virtual world in which students can practice their mathematics and English skills
Math Flashcard Maker
Free Rice Vocabulary-FreeRice is a non-profit website run by the United Nations World Food Programme. This site has vocabulary for Language Arts, Math, Foreign Language, and Chemistry
Ghost Blasters-Designed to help students learn to multiply and divide quickly in their heads
Grades 6-12
Making Math Accessible to Students With Special Needs-Grades 6-8-Solution Tree
Making Math Accessible to Students With Special Needs-Grades 9-12-Solution Tree
Hohli Online Charts Builder-A nice tool for creating a variety of charts for online display
Math4Mobile-Apps that students can download on their smartphones
Desmos-Online Graphing CalculatorDecimal Squares -Provides simple games for students to use to develop their math skills
22 Useful Online Chart & Graph Generators
Mathematics in Movies-A collection of video clips from popular movies and television shows in which references to mathematics are made
Free Math Help-Great site to help students in Algebra, Geometry,Trig, Statistics, and Calculus
Social Studies
Reference Sites
Tripline-Make your own animated maps
Geosense: an online world geography game
TechLearning: National Geographic Teachers
C-SPAN Classroom | Free Primary Source Materials For Social Studies Teachers
Trends Map-A Google Maps display of topics current trending on Twitter. The map displays the trends according to their locations
Fact Monster-Online almanac, dictionary, encyclopedia
HistoryPin-Lets you view the history of a particular location bytaking historical photos and pinning them to Google Maps
School:The History of Public Education-From PBS
Discovery Education Teaching Tools-Has lesson plans for all subject areas
Free Resources for Educational Excellence-Resources from the U.S. Department of Education
UNESCO Places Map-A good resource for geography and history teachers
PBS Resources for Social Studies Teachers
Timetoast-Create timelines online
CIA Factbook
Interactive Population Map-Based on the 2010 Census
How Do You Piece Together the History of the Civil War?
The National Archives-The National Archives is the nation's record keeper.Look here for historical documents.
AniMaps-A new service that was built for the purpose of allowing users to create animated Google Maps
Historic Map Works, Residential Genealogy ™
Weaving History-Enables users to create timelines matched to maps
Mapfaire-A free tool for quickly creating maps that contain simple placemarks
Scribble Maps - Draw on google maps with scribblings and more!
Students of the World
Picture History-Digital images illustrating more than two hundred years of American history. Students can create and send e-cards
Nations Illustrated-Over 7,000 pictures from around the world
Smithsonian Images-Digital images from the Smithsonian Museums
International Monetary Fund- Has some good resources that can help you help middle and high school students gain an understanding of global economics
TwHistory- Let students reenact historical events in a pretty easy and neat way. You can send tweets from historical figures, but you can do it through the site without actually having to sing-up for Twitter
CultureCrossing-Learn the customs of foreign countries
Digital Vaults- From the National Archives
Newswordy-A neat website that features a new buzzword of the day everyday.
Electoral College Map Poster -Contains information about the number of electors in each state, important dates leading up to the 2012 Presidential Election, and historic election events
Awesome Stories-Articles and interactive exercises
Footnote-Allows students to access millions of primary source documents and photos, and easily create online history reports
Henry Ford Museum Digikits
Henry Ford Museum Online Exhibit
Innovation 101-A unique and dynamic online education module that uses oral history interviews and assets of the Henry Ford's OnInnovation resource for active teaching and learning
Glencoe Multilingual Dictionary- Social Studies vocabulary with translations into thirteen different languages
McGraw Hill-Social Studies audio glossary
Deadliest Disease Outbreaks in History
The Law of the Land-Offers four interactive sections (Framers, Constitution, Timeline, and Bill of Rights) in which students can listen to and read about the creation of the U.S. governmentGo Social Studies Go!-Multimedia Social Studies Texts
Mount Rushmore Student Guide-Includes information about the idea for the sculpture, thepeople involved, the presidents, an informative timeline, animals andplants, and park facts
The Best Sites For Learning Economics & Practical Money Skills
Spent-Simulation of raising a family on a minimum wage job.
Playing History-A collection of 128 games related to topics in US and World History as well as civics and geography
Think About History-A fun trivia game on History.com
Fling the Teacher-A website containing 68 history quiz games
The Center on Congress at Indiana University Has a good collection of interactive, role-playing activities for learning about how the United States' government functions
How Many Really?-A BBC interactive that shows you how many people were affected by or participated in major historical events
The Best Tools For Making Online Timelines
TimeSearch History - A good search tool to finf information using timelines
Weaving History-A promising website for history students and teachers. The purpose of Weaving History is to enable users to create timelines matched to maps
Ten by Ten A unique program that links images with news stories.
_mapFAST-Find library materials about world wide locations
Seterra-A large collection of free geography quizzes
Time Search-A good general resource for history teachers and students
European Virtual Museum Makes artifacts of European history available in interactive 3D form
TimeRime - Allows users to create timelines that include text, images, audio, and video.
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… - Good U.S. & World History Resource
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… - The Best Sites For Learning About The World’s Different Cultures
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… - The Best Sites For Learning About Historic Maps
U.S. History
Frontier House- Take an online pioneer journey
White House 101-A history and tour of the White House
Underground Railroad-An online simulation of the Underground Railroad
Index of Native American Resources on the Internet
Ben's Guide to U.S. Government
Teaching The Civil War with Technology
The American Civil War Simulation
Fakebook-Lets you make a fake Facebook page for a historical or fictional character
InteractiveConstitution- Lets students search the U.S. Constitution for relevant passages andexplanations that relate to more than 300 topics, from civil rightsto school prayer, including Supreme Court decisions. Students canalso download a print version of the U.S. Constitution.
Democracy Kids
Free Technology for Teachers: Six Sets of Gold Rush Lesson PlansInfographic of the U.S. Flag
Infographic of How Our Laws Are Made
Understanding 9/11: A Television News Archive
U.S. History From Hippo Campus-Online movies cover the course of our continent’s history
History Globe-Interactive games about the Jamestown Settlement and the Oregon Trail
Teach the First Amendment-All grade levels
The Best Sites For Learning About The Constitution Of The United States
Basic Readings in U.S. Democracy
World History
Cleopatra's Alexandria-Interactive map from National Geographic
Culture Grams-A collection of information of all cultures. For all grade levels.
National Geographic Education
Free Poverty-See how many cups of water you can donate by testing your knowledge about the world. Each correct answer means we will be donating 10 cups on your behalf
Fakebook-Lets you make a fake Facebook page for a historical or fictional character
360 Cities- Recently published 360 degree imagery of Hiroshima, Japan as it looked right after the United States dropped an atomic bomb on it
Science
Curiosity in the Classroom-An interactive, science-based educational tool that brings science concepts to life
Hohli Online Charts Builder- A nice tool for creating a variety of charts for online display
NASA's Eyes on the Solar System-Offers 3-D tours of the solar system in your browser
The Wild Classroom-A website that features a collection of podcasts and videos for science classrooms
Simple Science Videos -Videos that give a clear explanation of science topics that elementary and middle school students can understand
The Periodic Table of Comic Books- The idea is that for every element in the Periodic Table of Elements there is a comic book reference. Clicking on an element in the periodic table displayed on the homepage will take visitors to a list and images of comic book references to that particular element
NASA - Station Spacewalk Game
.Planetarium by Neave Interactive-A website on which you can specify your current location and it will show you a map of the night sky based upon your location and the date
Flu Attack! How A Virus Invades Your Body The Human Heart-Allows visitors to learn about the parts and functions of the human heart by clicking on different parts of the heart to find short explanations of that part's function
The Best Sites For Learning About Earthquakes
Science Fair Project Ideas | Education.com
Discovery Education - Curiosity in the Classroom
Science - Video Portal
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… - The Best Sites To Learn About Robots
Grades K-5
StudyJams-A Scholastic website designed to help elementary school students learn and review math and science information through songs and videos
Junior Wildlife Champions- Free lesson plans and tools to explore the issues surrounding oil spills and engages students to get involved in wildlife education in their own ways.
Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge -Designed to help students work together to solve an environmental problem in their classroom or school community
Shape It Up is an activity that would be good for use in an elementary school Earth Science lesson
The Why Files | The Science Behind the News
Candy Experiments
My American Farm-A website produced in part by the American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture. The purpose of the site is to help students develop their knowledge of agriculture through online games24/7 Science-A website produced by The Lawrence Hall of Science for the purpose of sharing science games and hands-on activities for elementary school students Virtual Electron Microscope-For Grades 4-6
Hey LHS Kids- Features some good activities for elementary school students
BC Hydro - Energy in BC
Grades 6-12
DNATube-A scientific site providing video based studies, lecturers and seminars
Free Rice Vocabulary-FreeRice is a non-profit website run by the United Nations World Food Programme. This site has vocabulary for Language Arts, Math, Foreign Language, and Chemistry
CSI Web Adventures- Designed to teach students the process of forensic investigation and problem solving
Science News-Great for High School teachers
Ptable-An interactive Periodic Table of Elements
BioDigital Human -3D model of the human body
Medical Animation Library
All Grade Levels
Discovery Education Teaching Tools-Has lesson plans for all subject areas
Free Resources for Educational Excellence-Resources from the U.S. Department of Education
Water Sourcebooks - From the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. It is divided by grade levels. It explains the water cycle.
50 Ways to Help the Planet-Starting point for a unit on recycling, energy, or conservation.
Everyday Mysteries-From the Library of Congress
Exploratorium-Online museum with hands-on activities
Kids Crossing in the Classroom-Hands-on classroom activities
We Choose The Moon-An interactive recreation of the Apollo 11 mission to the moon.
Virtual Electron Microscope-For grades 4-6
Thomas Edison Foundation-Get information on all of Edison's inventions.
Encouraging Girls in Math & Science-From the U.S. Department of Education "What Works" series
Succeeding With Science-A great resource for games, videos, and other activities for teaching and learning science
30 Years of the Space Shuttle
One Ocean-Information, including interactives, about the ocean
Foreign Language
Verbling-A new site designed to match people who are willing to help each other learn a new language. For now the site only supports English and Spanish, but it appears that they have plans to expand their offerings in the future.
Free Language Lessons
Free Rice Vocabulary-FreeRice is a non-profit website run by the United Nations World Food Programme. This site has vocabulary for Language Arts, Math, Foreign Language, and Chemistry
iMendi-A nice little site for practicing vocabulary in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, German, Russian, Arabic, and Czech
French Word A Day
Lyricgaps-Learn a foreign language through songs
StudyStream - The Future of Language Learning
Best-of the-Web Spanish Language Websites
Digital Dialects-Offers a nice selection of educational games and activities for learning 55 different languages
Literacy Center.net- Literacy Center offers games for learning and practicing French, Spanish, German, and English
Pronunciator-A free service offering self-paced lessons for sixty languages
Music
The National Jukebox- An archive of more than 10,000 recordings stored at the Library of Congress
Isle Of Tune-Create music by creating a city. “Drag-and-drop” different parts of a city — homes, cars, trees, etc. — and each one has a musical tone. Then click “Go” and the car prompts the different elements to do their thing
Classics for Kids Produced by Cincinnati Public Radio, offers lesson plans, podcasts, and games for teaching kids about classical music
Arts Edge Produced by the Kennedy Center, is a collection of podcasts, lesson plans, and links for teaching music and culture
Teach Music to Grades K-5 with These Fun and Educational Lesson Plans
Blank Sheet Music
My Doodle Songs-Use your keyboard as a guitar
Art
School Projects in Paper Art -- Grades 1-3
Artsonia -A site designed for students to share their art work in public galleries
Business Education
Now I Know-Discussions with entrepreneurs about their successes, failures and lessons learned
Paws in Jobland-A career website for elementary students
Drivers Education
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… - The Best Online Resources For Drivers Education & Car Information Toyota Teen Driver
Interactive Websites
Annenberg Interactives-Provides educators and students with strategies, content, and activities that can enhance and improve students' skills.
Socrative-A smart student response system that empowers teachers to engage their classrooms through a series of educational exercises and games via smartphones, laptops, and tablets
Students as Teachers –Designers of Weekly Activities-Tips for using Socrative
Edheads-Free, educational online games focused on science, math, and critical thinking!
Funbrain-Free educational games, online books, and comics for kids age preschool through 8th grade
How Stuff Works-Learn how everything works
Power Typing-Free online typing tutor
Typing Adventure-A nice little game that young students can use to practice their typing skills
Free Technology for Teachers: Virtual Keyboards for Typing Special Characters
Draw a Stickman-Draw a stick and he comes to life. You’re given instructions about what to draw and when, and then the stickman uses what you have drawn.
International Children's Digital Library-A library for the world's children
Shedd Aquarium - Has a great collection of interactive learning activities
Math Maps- Using Google Maps in the classroom
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives -Web-based virtual manipulatives for mathematics instruction.
Fridge Magnet Poetry
Spent-An online game designed to teach players about the challenges of living on minimum wage
Grabba Beast- Create your own monster
Kerpoof-Allows students to draw, create pictures, cards, books, and movies
Tutorial Video-YouTube
Wicked-Interactive Math, Science, and Literacy Games
Lumosity-A neat site with games to help improve memory and attention
Youngzine-An online source of news, sports, and entertainment stories for elementary school students
Game Classroom-Interactive homework help
Professor Garfield
Jefferson Lab.
Scratch- A programming language that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art and share your creations on the web
WebTools4u2use - Drawing, Charting & Mapping Tools
Free Flash Jeopardy Review Generator
Polls.io-Create your own polls
MovieSandBox-Create 3D Movies
Automatoon-Create your own animation
Tutorial Video-YouTube
Teaching Videos
Teacher Tube-An online community for sharing instructional teacher videos
Tutorial Video
Teacher's Domain-A free digital media service for educational use from public broadcasting and its partners
12 Useful YouTube Accessories
YouTube Teachers Channel
Tutorial Video
Teacher's Domain-A free digital media service for educational use from public broadcasting and its partners
12 Useful YouTube Accessories
YouTube Teachers Channel
Some Handy Too
WeVideo Video Editor
ViewPure - Videos without clutter
Splicd -Select and share a segment of a YouTube video
TubeChop - Chop YouTube Videos
Watch Know-Free educational videos for K-12 students
WatchKnowLearn-More free K-12 videos
Next Vista-An online library of free videos
NASA360
Khan Academy-Over 2,000 videos
Educational Videos | Teacher Videos for Students | SnagLearning
Home | Watch Free Movies and Documentaries Online | SnagFilms
Documentary Tube – Watch Documentaries Online for FREE
Discovery Education (United Streaming)
Tutorial Video
Free Movies
C-SPAN Classroom | Free Primary Source Materials For Social Studies Teachers
100 Best YouTube Videos for Teachers
Spacelab's Channel - YouTube
Free Technology for Teachers: 11 Infographics and Videos for Teaching Economics
Tekzilla Daily-Web shows for learning about fun and useful apps, sites, and technology tricks.
47 Alternatives to You Tube
50 Awesome Ways to Use Skype in the Classroom
Math Pickle-Math videos for Grades K-12
5 Ways to Listen Better
Byteszize Science-Good Chemistry videos from YouTube
Documentary Heaven -A free site that has organized more than 1600 documentary films found across the Internet.
Top 10 Films to Teach US History-From YouTube
C-Span Classroom Videos
TubGet –Lets you download videos from almost 100 different websites including YouTube, Vimeo, DailyMotion, Youku, Flickr and more.
SchoolWax TV
History Heard-Thousands of video interviews with first person witnesses to events
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… - What A Great Way To Create Video Quizzes
Top 10+ Educational Podcasts | Getting Smart
Steps in Long Division-Neat student created video
Veengle
Classroom 2.0 Live
The Best Tools For Cutting-Out & Saving Portions Of Online Videos (Or Annotating Them) | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
Must Have Web Tools for Your Classroom
WeVideo Video Editor
ViewPure - Videos without clutter
Splicd -Select and share a segment of a YouTube video
TubeChop - Chop YouTube Videos
Watch Know-Free educational videos for K-12 students
WatchKnowLearn-More free K-12 videos
Next Vista-An online library of free videos
NASA360
Khan Academy-Over 2,000 videos
Educational Videos | Teacher Videos for Students | SnagLearning
Home | Watch Free Movies and Documentaries Online | SnagFilms
Documentary Tube – Watch Documentaries Online for FREE
Discovery Education (United Streaming)
Tutorial Video
Free Movies
C-SPAN Classroom | Free Primary Source Materials For Social Studies Teachers
100 Best YouTube Videos for Teachers
Spacelab's Channel - YouTube
Free Technology for Teachers: 11 Infographics and Videos for Teaching Economics
Tekzilla Daily-Web shows for learning about fun and useful apps, sites, and technology tricks.
47 Alternatives to You Tube
50 Awesome Ways to Use Skype in the Classroom
Math Pickle-Math videos for Grades K-12
5 Ways to Listen Better
Byteszize Science-Good Chemistry videos from YouTube
Documentary Heaven -A free site that has organized more than 1600 documentary films found across the Internet.
Top 10 Films to Teach US History-From YouTube
C-Span Classroom Videos
TubGet –Lets you download videos from almost 100 different websites including YouTube, Vimeo, DailyMotion, Youku, Flickr and more.
SchoolWax TV
History Heard-Thousands of video interviews with first person witnesses to events
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… - What A Great Way To Create Video Quizzes
Top 10+ Educational Podcasts | Getting Smart
Steps in Long Division-Neat student created video
Veengle
Classroom 2.0 Live
The Best Tools For Cutting-Out & Saving Portions Of Online Videos (Or Annotating Them) | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
Must Have Web Tools for Your Classroom
Productivity Tools
Quick Communication Tips for Teachers and Administrators
Flubaroo - A free tool that helps you quickly grade multiple-choice or fill-in-blank assignments. Works with Google Docs
Tutorial Video-YouTube
Flashcard Maker-Make your own flashcards
Flashcard Flash -A handy little search engine designed for one purpose, helping you find sets of flashcards
Easy Notecards -A new online flashcard service
Quizlet-The largest flash cards and study games website with over 6 million free sets of flashcards covering every possible subject
Create Flash Cards Online for Free - Fauxflash
Print Friendly & PDF -Make any web page print friendly Badge Maker. Make Free Business Cards, Badges, Name Tags
Plagiarisma A free tool that teachers and students can use to detect possible cases of plagiarism
Just Crosswords -A new puzzle maker with which you can build crossword puzzles, save them, print them, or embed into your website or blog. Just Crosswords also has more than 300 categorized, educational crossword puzzles
Tools for Educators - Free worksheets, worksheet templates, printables and on-line teaching materials
Parade of Games in Powerpoint -Provides teachers with games and game templates for classroom use. The games and game templates are available for download in Powerpoint format
Practical Classroom Tips
Browse Happy
Thinking Maps Templates
Simple Work Flow Tips to Make File Management a Breeze
Organizing Computer Files
Freelology-lots of free resources
Team Maker-Need to create random working teams? Check this out.
Computer Hope-Good site. Has keyboard shortcuts for PCs and Macs.
Debunking those Pesky Classroom Myths
Password Bird-Easy password generator
How Secure Is My Password-Gives you an idea of how long it would take for someone to discover your password
Mr. Printables-For K-2 teachers
Paper Toys
Report Card Comments-Free collection of report card comments
Evernote- Makes it easy to remember things big and small from your notable life using your computer, phone, and the web
Checklists-Site with many types of checklists
Saveitt –Free Books, PDFs and Documents Search Engine
Classroom Architect-Great tool for designing your classroom floor plan
Class Tools-A free flash tool website that allows you to create quizzes, diagrams, and educational games
Summary of Great Web 2.0 Resources for Students
STUDYBLUE | Make online flashcards & notes. Study anywhere, anytime.
Blank Sheet Music
Interesting Ways to Get to Know Your New Class
Top 12 Ways to Increase Student Participation | TeachHUB
Ow.ly - Student-Led-Conferences.pdf uploaded by @RachelUrbain
The Differentiator- A nice tool to use to develop learning objectives using Bloom's Taxonomy
Reprint Me Turn misprinted papers into weekly or monthly planning calendars
Tech 4 Teachers-Tools to help your computer work faster and more efficiently.
Guide to Parent-Teacher Communication: From Open Houses to Conferences- Great resource that has templates for parent letters
Computer Tips
Glary Utilities | Glarysoft-Good utility programs for your computer
DOWNLOAD Stuff Happens: The Backup & Restore Guide
A free Microsoft Office alternative that's actually good | The Cheapskate - CNET News
DOWNLOAD Stuff Happens: The Backup & Restore Guide
A free Microsoft Office alternative that's actually good | The Cheapskate - CNET News
File Conversion
Zamzar-File conversion programOnline File Converter Hamster e-book Converter-A free and easy way to move e-books between devices
Online-Convert
Uploader Box -A free service for sharing large files with your friends and colleagues.
FoxTab 3GP Video Converter-Converts any type of video from and to the popular 3gp video format
GrabMyBooks-The free software that allows you to grab content off the web into your eBook reader
SENDToREADER-Allows you to send any webpage to your Amazon Kindle Reader instantly
Online video converter to MP4
dotEPUB. Convert any webpage into an e-book.
Doc-To-Image- Converts Microsoft Office document files into JPG images. Great to use with people who do not use Microsoft Office
PDF To CBZ Converter
Cute PDF Writer-Requires download. Will save any document to pdf
Magazinify-A free service that takes your bookmarked articles and turns them into an easy-to-read PDF
PDF to Word -A simple tool that extracts the text of your PDF documents and converts it to your choice of a Word document or rich text file (RTF)
Online-Convert
Uploader Box -A free service for sharing large files with your friends and colleagues.
FoxTab 3GP Video Converter-Converts any type of video from and to the popular 3gp video format
GrabMyBooks-The free software that allows you to grab content off the web into your eBook reader
SENDToREADER-Allows you to send any webpage to your Amazon Kindle Reader instantly
Online video converter to MP4
dotEPUB. Convert any webpage into an e-book.
Doc-To-Image- Converts Microsoft Office document files into JPG images. Great to use with people who do not use Microsoft Office
PDF To CBZ Converter
Cute PDF Writer-Requires download. Will save any document to pdf
Magazinify-A free service that takes your bookmarked articles and turns them into an easy-to-read PDF
PDF to Word -A simple tool that extracts the text of your PDF documents and converts it to your choice of a Word document or rich text file (RTF)
QR Codes
TagMyDoc-Allows you to apply a tag on a document which can be scanned and retrieved as a virtual copy.
QR Code Treasure Hunt Generator BeeTagg-QR Code reader
Using QR Codes in Education
Using QR Codes in Education
Technology Integration
Technology Integration Matrix- Gives teachers ideas on how to integrate technology
4 Portable Application Sites & Suites You May Not Know AboutA Few Simple Ways To Introduce Reluctant Colleagues To Technology
Arizona's K-12 Technology Integration Matrix
Smartboard Resources
The Beginner's Guide to 21st Century Teaching and Learning-Why should you integrate the internet into your curriculum? How do you plan meaningful web-based activities? How do you build a Professional Learning Community? What free tech tools are available for teachers and students? Use this PowerPoint.
101 Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers You Should Know About
Fresh Brain-Provides teachers and students with ideas for technology projectsWebsites I Found So You Don't Have To
Discovery Education's 20.11 Web Tools
Bloom's Digital Taxonomy Pyramid
The Plenary Producer - Resources - TES
Digital Tools for Teachers
Ultimate Web 2.0 List
Web 2 Tools by Task
The 100 Best Web 2.0 Classroom Tools Chosen By You | Education Technology and Teacher Tools – Edudemic
The Flipped Classroom Infographic.
7 Stories From Educators About Teaching In The Flipped Classroom | Emerging Education Technology
21 Free Web Apps for the Classroom
Integrating Technology into the Classroom using Instructional Strategies-Using technology to put Marzano's research into practice.
Making Videos on the Web-An e-book
How To Do 11 Techy Things in the New School Year-An e-book
The Super Book of Web Tools for Educators-An e-book
Twelve Essentials for Technology Integration-An e-book
Poll Everywhere-Great tool for getting student input through their cellphones
How to Conduct Virtual Field Trips
Readabilty.com-View webpages without ads
Viewpure.com-View YouTube videos without ads
Find Apps for your NetBook in the Intel AppUp(SM) Center
Dual Web Browser – Split-screen browsing allows a user to simultaneously view and use two websites without having to change browser tabs.
Learn It In 5-Library of how-to videos, produced by technology teachers, for the purpose of helping teachers and students create classroom strategies for today's 21st century's digital classroom
Think Tutorial- A site providing free, easy to follow tutorials on a variety of web services and software
PBS Teachers Technology Integration-A lengthy list of reports and examples of best practices for using technology in the classroom
LiveMinutes-Free tool for developing your own webinars
Cybraryman Internet Catalogue
Ozge Karaoglu's Blog - A to Z Web Tools
Smore - Design beautiful online flyers and publish instantly
Great New Apps for Music, Middle School, Math, And More | MindShift
90 EdTech Resources You May Have Missed–Treasure Chest October 30, 2011 | Tech the Plunge
Teacher's Toolbox - EFL CLASSROOM 2.0
A Teacher's Guide To Web 2.0 at School
80 Online Tools, References, and Resources | Edutopia
50 new tech tools you should know about - CNN.com
Top Tools
100 Teaching Tools You Should Know About | Edudemic
Free Digital Notebook – Live Binders « Fishing For EdTech
Best of Breed Tools 2011 C4LPT
Cool Tools for Schools
Classroom Ideas from the Haunted Hallways of NCTM
Educational Technology Guy: 10 Tech Skills Every Student Should Have
Doing Internet Research at the Elementary Level | Edutopia
Lebanon Community Schools -Educator Resources
Supercharge Your School Newsletter Using MailchimpExceptional Website Resources for the Classroom Teacher
4 Portable Application Sites & Suites You May Not Know AboutA Few Simple Ways To Introduce Reluctant Colleagues To Technology
Arizona's K-12 Technology Integration Matrix
Smartboard Resources
The Beginner's Guide to 21st Century Teaching and Learning-Why should you integrate the internet into your curriculum? How do you plan meaningful web-based activities? How do you build a Professional Learning Community? What free tech tools are available for teachers and students? Use this PowerPoint.
101 Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers You Should Know About
Fresh Brain-Provides teachers and students with ideas for technology projectsWebsites I Found So You Don't Have To
Discovery Education's 20.11 Web Tools
Bloom's Digital Taxonomy Pyramid
The Plenary Producer - Resources - TES
Digital Tools for Teachers
Ultimate Web 2.0 List
Web 2 Tools by Task
The 100 Best Web 2.0 Classroom Tools Chosen By You | Education Technology and Teacher Tools – Edudemic
The Flipped Classroom Infographic.
7 Stories From Educators About Teaching In The Flipped Classroom | Emerging Education Technology
21 Free Web Apps for the Classroom
Integrating Technology into the Classroom using Instructional Strategies-Using technology to put Marzano's research into practice.
Making Videos on the Web-An e-book
How To Do 11 Techy Things in the New School Year-An e-book
The Super Book of Web Tools for Educators-An e-book
Twelve Essentials for Technology Integration-An e-book
Poll Everywhere-Great tool for getting student input through their cellphones
How to Conduct Virtual Field Trips
Readabilty.com-View webpages without ads
Viewpure.com-View YouTube videos without ads
Find Apps for your NetBook in the Intel AppUp(SM) Center
Dual Web Browser – Split-screen browsing allows a user to simultaneously view and use two websites without having to change browser tabs.
Learn It In 5-Library of how-to videos, produced by technology teachers, for the purpose of helping teachers and students create classroom strategies for today's 21st century's digital classroom
Think Tutorial- A site providing free, easy to follow tutorials on a variety of web services and software
PBS Teachers Technology Integration-A lengthy list of reports and examples of best practices for using technology in the classroom
LiveMinutes-Free tool for developing your own webinars
Cybraryman Internet Catalogue
Ozge Karaoglu's Blog - A to Z Web Tools
Smore - Design beautiful online flyers and publish instantly
Great New Apps for Music, Middle School, Math, And More | MindShift
90 EdTech Resources You May Have Missed–Treasure Chest October 30, 2011 | Tech the Plunge
Teacher's Toolbox - EFL CLASSROOM 2.0
A Teacher's Guide To Web 2.0 at School
80 Online Tools, References, and Resources | Edutopia
50 new tech tools you should know about - CNN.com
Top Tools
100 Teaching Tools You Should Know About | Edudemic
Free Digital Notebook – Live Binders « Fishing For EdTech
Best of Breed Tools 2011 C4LPT
Cool Tools for Schools
Classroom Ideas from the Haunted Hallways of NCTM
Educational Technology Guy: 10 Tech Skills Every Student Should Have
Doing Internet Research at the Elementary Level | Edutopia
Lebanon Community Schools -Educator Resources
Supercharge Your School Newsletter Using MailchimpExceptional Website Resources for the Classroom Teacher
Android Apps
Math Workout-A free Android app for practicing your basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division skills
Ways to Evaluate Educational Apps
Yahoo! App Search
Leveling the playing field with apps | Scoop.it
Androids 4 Schools
Android Market
How to Draw Cartoons Animals -A free Android app that offers seventy simple step-by-step directions for drawing cartoon animals
Where's My Droid-Find your lost Android device
iStoryBooks- Two dozen free digital storybooks for kids ages two through eight
Motorola Xoom Support
Motorola XOOM Support Videos
123s ABCs Handwriting Fun SET1 - Android Market
How to Draw Cartoons Animals.. - Android Market
Breezy | Print for the mobile generation
Best Android Apps EduTeacher-A way to communicate with other teachers about what works in classrooms. You can do this online,using an IPhone, or an Android Phone.
Conduit Mobile-Create your own Android,IPhone,IPad, Blackberry, and Samsung Phone app for free.
_Download GPS free to your iPhone Android Blackberry WinMo and Symbian | Download
Ways to Evaluate Educational Apps
Yahoo! App Search
Leveling the playing field with apps | Scoop.it
Androids 4 Schools
Android Market
How to Draw Cartoons Animals -A free Android app that offers seventy simple step-by-step directions for drawing cartoon animals
Where's My Droid-Find your lost Android device
iStoryBooks- Two dozen free digital storybooks for kids ages two through eight
Motorola Xoom Support
Motorola XOOM Support Videos
123s ABCs Handwriting Fun SET1 - Android Market
How to Draw Cartoons Animals.. - Android Market
Breezy | Print for the mobile generation
Best Android Apps EduTeacher-A way to communicate with other teachers about what works in classrooms. You can do this online,using an IPhone, or an Android Phone.
Conduit Mobile-Create your own Android,IPhone,IPad, Blackberry, and Samsung Phone app for free.
_Download GPS free to your iPhone Android Blackberry WinMo and Symbian | Download
IPad & IPhone Apps
The Revolution: Interactive Guide-An interactive textbook about the American Revolution Yahoo! App Search The Best Resources for Beginning IPad Users-Larry FerlazzoLeveling the playing field with apps | Scoop.it APPS in Education
How to Install IPhone Apps
iStoryBooks- Two dozen free digital storybooks for kids ages two through eight.
EduTeacher-A way to communicate with other teachers about what works in classrooms. You can do this online,using an IPhone, or an Android Phone.
Cyberyman IPad Resources
Essential IPad GuideAPPitic-A directory of apps for education
3 Must-Have Free Organizers for Teachers & Students | Teaching with Apps | School Leaders on iPads & Tablets | Scoop.itApps in Education: 12 iPad Apps for Storytelling in the Classroom
Conduit Mobile-Create your own Android,IPhone,IPad, Blackberry, and Samsung Phone app for free.
Breezy | Print for the mobile generation
Toontastic-Create cartoons on your IPadNearpod A new service that teachers can use to create, deliver, and monitor student use of educational content on iPads and iPods. Nearpod is a mobile platform pilot program that teachers can apply for. If they get accepted they then have access to the Nearpod tool which allows them to create dynamic interactive presentations. Students then receive the presentation on their mobile device which they can submit responses to. IPad Power TipsDownload GPS free to your iPhone Android Blackberry WinMo and Symbian | Download 40 Most Awesome iPad Apps for Science Students
How to Install IPhone Apps
iStoryBooks- Two dozen free digital storybooks for kids ages two through eight.
EduTeacher-A way to communicate with other teachers about what works in classrooms. You can do this online,using an IPhone, or an Android Phone.
Cyberyman IPad Resources
Essential IPad GuideAPPitic-A directory of apps for education
3 Must-Have Free Organizers for Teachers & Students | Teaching with Apps | School Leaders on iPads & Tablets | Scoop.itApps in Education: 12 iPad Apps for Storytelling in the Classroom
Conduit Mobile-Create your own Android,IPhone,IPad, Blackberry, and Samsung Phone app for free.
Breezy | Print for the mobile generation
Toontastic-Create cartoons on your IPadNearpod A new service that teachers can use to create, deliver, and monitor student use of educational content on iPads and iPods. Nearpod is a mobile platform pilot program that teachers can apply for. If they get accepted they then have access to the Nearpod tool which allows them to create dynamic interactive presentations. Students then receive the presentation on their mobile device which they can submit responses to. IPad Power TipsDownload GPS free to your iPhone Android Blackberry WinMo and Symbian | Download 40 Most Awesome iPad Apps for Science Students
Scheduling/To-Do Lists/Meeting Information
Doodle-Meeting Scheduling Web Site.Everstudent is a student planner that integrates with Evernote. Assign A Day-Assign-A-Day is a free tool designed to enhance teacher and student communication through an online teacher-managed calendar.
42 Tasks-A free online task management tool
Pegby- a good website for organizing the tasks that you and or your team need to get done. Pegby is set up like a corkboard with index cards stuck to it
Thought Boxes-A task management service with a hint of mind mapping
RemindPost-A simple, free service for sending task reminders to anyone you choose,including yourself
Soshiku-A free personal planner designed for high school and college students. It lets students organize their assignments by course, add assignments, and receive text message and or email reminders before each assignment is due
Remember the Milk-A free personal organization tool that works online, with mobile phones, and with iPads
Msgme.at-Simple e-mail reminder
NextUp-Easy agenda maker
Doodle-Great for setting up meetings that will have many attendees
Doxo -A file storage service that not only stores your documents in the cloud, but also organizes important documents for you.
Meetzi-Tool to help meetings become more productive
Team Agenda Template
Remindii-A simple service for helping you remember important dates like birthdays and anniversaries
I Done This-E-mail reminders
WhenIsGood-Meeting Scheduler
Lazy Meter-Kiss your overwhelming to-do list goodbye, and start using the only to-do list you’ll finish every day.
Reqall-Have you ever been driving down the road and think of something that you need to remember? Or have a great idea and a pen is nowhere in sight? reQall will solve these problems in a snap.
42 Tasks-A free online task management tool
Pegby- a good website for organizing the tasks that you and or your team need to get done. Pegby is set up like a corkboard with index cards stuck to it
Thought Boxes-A task management service with a hint of mind mapping
RemindPost-A simple, free service for sending task reminders to anyone you choose,including yourself
Soshiku-A free personal planner designed for high school and college students. It lets students organize their assignments by course, add assignments, and receive text message and or email reminders before each assignment is due
Remember the Milk-A free personal organization tool that works online, with mobile phones, and with iPads
Msgme.at-Simple e-mail reminder
NextUp-Easy agenda maker
Doodle-Great for setting up meetings that will have many attendees
Doxo -A file storage service that not only stores your documents in the cloud, but also organizes important documents for you.
Meetzi-Tool to help meetings become more productive
Team Agenda Template
Remindii-A simple service for helping you remember important dates like birthdays and anniversaries
I Done This-E-mail reminders
WhenIsGood-Meeting Scheduler
Lazy Meter-Kiss your overwhelming to-do list goodbye, and start using the only to-do list you’ll finish every day.
Reqall-Have you ever been driving down the road and think of something that you need to remember? Or have a great idea and a pen is nowhere in sight? reQall will solve these problems in a snap.
Assessment and Evaluation
4 Criteria for Web Evaluation (Elementary)-Joyce Valenza
7 Criteria for Web Evaluation (Secondary)-Joyce Valenza
Rubistar
Kathy Schrock's Rubrics
Rubrics for Teachers
Rubric Maker
Free Resources for Authentic Assessment-For Middle and High School Teachers
Teaching and Assessing 21st Century Skills-Reproducibles from Solution Tree
Mobile Application Selection Rubric
_Developing Questions For Critical Thinking is an interactive site using a revised version of Bloom’s Taxonomy
The Differentiator - A cool online application designed to use Bloom’s Taxonomy and other similar thinking/planning “charts” to come-up with appropriate high-level student assignments
_The Best Resources For Learning About Formative Assessment | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
Bloom’s Activity Analysis Tool
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Data Director
Data Director Crosswalk Document-1/2/12
Getting Ready for Data Director 4.0
Scanning With Data Director 4.0
Spelling Assessments
Kottmeyer Diagnostic Spelling Test
Primary Spelling Inventory
7 Criteria for Web Evaluation (Secondary)-Joyce Valenza
Rubistar
Kathy Schrock's Rubrics
Rubrics for Teachers
Rubric Maker
Free Resources for Authentic Assessment-For Middle and High School Teachers
Teaching and Assessing 21st Century Skills-Reproducibles from Solution Tree
Mobile Application Selection Rubric
_Developing Questions For Critical Thinking is an interactive site using a revised version of Bloom’s Taxonomy
The Differentiator - A cool online application designed to use Bloom’s Taxonomy and other similar thinking/planning “charts” to come-up with appropriate high-level student assignments
_The Best Resources For Learning About Formative Assessment | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
Bloom’s Activity Analysis Tool
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Data Director
Data Director Crosswalk Document-1/2/12
Getting Ready for Data Director 4.0
Scanning With Data Director 4.0
Spelling Assessments
Kottmeyer Diagnostic Spelling Test
Primary Spelling Inventory
Presentation Tools
Slidestaxx-Enables you to gather various social media into a beautiful slideshow for your blog, website or directly on Slidestaxx.
Speaker Deck- A way to share presentations online. Upload your slides as a PDF, and they will become an online presentation
Reel-A fast and easy way to turn your images, PowerPoints, Word documents,and PDFs into mobile-friendly online slideshows
SlideRocket
Knovio-Free tool for turning PowerPoint slides into video presentations right from your web browser. Need a webcam and microphone. Can be used to develop a "Flipped Classroom.
The Best Ways To Create Online Slideshows
Online Teleprompters-Great for screencasts and podcasts
Easyprompter
Cueprompter
Onlineteleprompter
Teleprompter Mirrors
Prezi-Great presentation tool
Reusable Popular Prezis
Creating Your Own Prezi-Word Document
Speaker Deck- A way to share presentations online. Upload your slides as a PDF, and they will become an online presentation
Reel-A fast and easy way to turn your images, PowerPoints, Word documents,and PDFs into mobile-friendly online slideshows
SlideRocket
Knovio-Free tool for turning PowerPoint slides into video presentations right from your web browser. Need a webcam and microphone. Can be used to develop a "Flipped Classroom.
The Best Ways To Create Online Slideshows
Online Teleprompters-Great for screencasts and podcasts
Easyprompter
Cueprompter
Onlineteleprompter
Teleprompter Mirrors
Prezi-Great presentation tool
Reusable Popular Prezis
- Prezi Quick Guide
- Prezi Manual
- Prezi for Dummies Cheat Sheet
- Prezi:A Quickstart Guide
- Basic Prezi Tutorial
Creating Your Own Prezi-Word Document