Educational+Websites

The list below is an ever changing list of web sites that are available for free. Some of these sites may require you to cerate a login and password to access, but do not require any money.

[|www.google.com] Explore all that Google has to offer including Google Images, Google Docs, and much much more.

[] Google Lit Trips

http://www.eternalcode.com/100-google-tricks-that-will-save-you-time-in-school 100+ Google Tricks that Will Save You Time in School

[|www.teachertube.com] Check out the new "Teacher Resources" section in addition to great videos and more.

[|www.schooltube.com] A place for students and teachers to share videos online.

[|www.youtube.com]

[|www.wikipedia.com]

[|www.howstuffworks.com] A great site to explore how anything works.

[] Discovery Channel

[] Animal Planet

[] Discovery Magazine

[] National Geographic for Kids

[] A companion to classic literature with pictures, videos, maps, and more.

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http://cybraryman.com/bookreports.html Ideas on how to change the way you are used to doing book reports.

http://www.findingdulcinea.com/features/edu/Sites-for-Learning-About-the-50-States.html A review of sites to learn about the 50 States.

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[] Science information for kids ages 9-14

[] Find facts on topics from History, Money & Math, Science, People and much more.

[] America By Air sponsore by the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

[] Blog on Top 10 Resources for Teachers and 10 for Students.

[] A wealth of interactives on Math, Science, History, Language, Arts, and more

www.wikispaces.com Create your own account and start making Wiki pages for your classes.

[] Top Educational Wikis listed here.

[|www.myinfinitec.org] Browse the great video classroom and resources.

[] Learn something new at iTunesU

[] A great resource to find hundreds of good websites on all topics.

[] 10 Video Websites that Are Like You Tube for Kids

[|www.kidsclick.org] Search site for kids created by librarians

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[] Review of educational websites

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[|www.wordle.net] Create your own word cloud for free.

[] Create word clouds with restrictions on bad words.

www.tagxedo.com Create tag/word clouds with style.

[|www.hippocampus.org]

[|http://www.gutenberg.org] Access classic literature on the web.

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[|www.twitter.com] Connect with others in the education world

http://stumpteacher.blogspot.com/2011/01/twitter-102.html Great intro to using Twitter.

http://livebinders.com/play/present?id=34291 Live Binder "An Educators Guide to Twitter"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDUF-qFsEno&feature=player_embedded A simple Twitter Tutorial

[] Twitter for Teachers

[] A list of sources for free ebooks.

[|www.readwritethink.org]

[] National Library of Virtual Manipulatives

[] Visual organizer for writing

[] A list of online digital book resources.

[] Money and finance lessons.

[] Interactive lessons for everyday life activities.

http://udltechtoolkit.wikispaces.com/ Free Technology Tool Kit for UDL in All Classrooms

http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/ 2010 Edublog winner for Best Educational Wiki

http://www.donorschoose.org/ An online charity that connects teachers/classrooms with people who want to donate.

http://www.directionsforme.org/index.php A website for visually impaired with directions for thousands of things. Useful for others who need auditory input.

http://www.booklending.com/index.htm Borrow or lend your Kindle books with a large network of people.

http://cellphones.org/blog/100-mobile-tools-for-teachers 100 Mobile Tools for Teachers

[] Create your own comix.

[] A blog about educational uses for digital storytelling.

[] A video to explain Cloud Computing in plain English.

[] ER -Ed Reach A platform for educators to share their voice.

[] Barnes and Noble books read by celebrities.

[|www.twurdy.com] Search engine that rates sites based on readability.

[] Over 2100 video lessons

[] Florida Diagnostic & Learning Resource Center- Exploring new Territories- Amazing resource w/links attached & broken down by subjec/category.

http://fdlrsregion3thematicvisuals.wikispaces.com/ Wiki's for thematic units, visual supports, curriculum supports, literacy supports, and more

http://etoolbox.wikispaces.com/ Wissahickon School District etoolbox with resources for students, teachers, and parents. Lots of tools/instructions on how to utilize web-based tools in classroom.

[] A site that allows you to paste in a youtube or video url and watch only that video without the extraneous details and/or other videos popping up below intended video.

[|http://posterous.com] An easy way to set up a simple Blog- great way for students to share work in alternate format.

[] AT Smackdown from ATIA Orlando 2011.

[] Add voice to your photos and share with others.

[] Download this onto your machine to allow you to stip away all of the extraneous details on a website and read the article you want.