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80 Online Tools, References, and Resources
11/10/11 Update: We have an additional 30 plus tools, references, and resources submitted by community members.
We all know that teachers are always looking for tools, references, and resources for classrooms. Well, here's 80 "must see" trial, free, and paid websites recommended by Edutopia community members. Keep this list in your back pocket! It might come in handy. (The list is not ranked and listed in any order.) =)
What other websites do you think are missing from this list? Which ones do you use?
1. Thinkfinity: www.thinkfinity.org
2. National Geographic Xpeditions: www.nationalgeographic.com
3. Culture Grams: www.culturegrams.com
4. Asia Society: www.asiasociety.org/arts-culture/asia-society-museum
5. BBC for Kids: www.bbc.co.uk
6. New York Times, Lesson Plans: www.learning.blogs.nytimes.com/category/lesson-plans
7. Teacher Corner: www.theteacherscorner.net
8. Slide Share: www.slideshare.net
9. Free Rice-Vocabulary Site: www.freerice.com
10. Free Poverty-Geography Site: www.freepoverty.com
11. Learner: www.learner.org
12. International Reading Association: www.readwritethink.org
13. OWL at Purdue U: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/
14. Blue Grammar Book: www.grammarbook.com
15. ESL Flashcards: www.eslflashcards.com
16. Spellanywhere: www.spellanywhere.com
17. Rick Walton: www.rickwalton.com
18. Fires in the Mind: www.firesinthemind.org
19. Edhelper: www.edhelper.com
20. RubiStar: http://rubistar.4teachers.org/
21. Byrd Seed Gifted Lessons: www.byrdseed.com
22. Imagination Soup: www.imaginationsoup.net
23. TED: www.ted.com
24. Professional Garfield: www.professorgarfield.org
25. Kid Blog: www.kidblog.org
26. That Quiz: www.thatquiz.org
27. Academic Skill Builders: www.arcademicskillbuilders.com
28. Circle the Cat: www.members.shaw.ca/gf3/circle-the-cat.html
29. Sheppard Software: www.sheppardsoftware.com
30. Storyline Online: www.storylineonline.net
31. ABCya!: www.abcya.com
32. Study Zone: www.studyzone.org/testprep/index.cfm
33. Florida Assessment for Instruction in Reading: www.fcrr.org/scasearch
34. Super Teacher Worksheets: www.superteacherworksheets.com
35. Discovery Education Streaming: www.discoveryeducation.com
36. Busy Teacher’s Café: www.busyteacherscafe.com
37. Global Tech School: www.globaltechschool.com
38. Diigo: www.diigo.com
39. Vocabulary and Spelling City: www.spellingcity.com
40. Making Curriculum Pop: www.mcpopmb.ning.com
41. English Champion: www.englishcompanion.ning.com
42. National Council of Teachers of English: www.ncte.org
43. Web English Teacher: www.webenglishteacher.com
44. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: www.rockhall.com/education
45. College Board: http://professionals.collegeboard.com/prof-dev
46. Technology in Class: www.technologyinclass.com/blog
47. PBworks: http://pbworks.com/
48. Challenge by Choice: www.challengebychoice.wordpress.com
49. McQuality Education Services: www.mcqualityeducserv.com
50. Learning Centre: www.museevirtuel-virtualmuseum.ca
51. Dream Up the Future: http://teachers.egfi-k12.org
52. Ten Marks: www.tenmarks.com/tmother/teacher-index
53. Quizlet: www.quizlet.com
54. Voice Thread: www.voicethread.com
55. 8 to Great: www.8togreat.com
56. Learn Me Project: www.learnmeproject.com
57. Hands on Math: www.handsonmath.blogspot.com
58. Edmodo: www.edmodo.com
59. Tween Tribune: www.tweentribune.com
60. TregoED: www.tregoed.org/teachers/new-to-scan.html
61. Middle School Science: www.middleschoolscience.com
62. Science Spot: www.sciencespot.net
63. Animoto: www.animoto.com
64. Prezi: www.prezi.com
65. Buck Institute for Education: www.bie.org
66. Eduhound: www.eduhound.com
67. How Stuff Works: www.howstuffworks.com
68. Flash Card Machine: www.flashcardmachine.com
69. Class Jump: www.classjump.com
70. ABCteach: www.abcteach.com
71. EPALS Global Community: www.epals.com
72. EdHelper: www.edhelper.com
73. TeAch-nology: www.teach-nology.com
74. Survey Monkey: www.surveymonkey.com
75. Scholastic: http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/home.jsp
76. iKeep Bookmarks: www.ikeepbookmarks.com
77. Enchanted Learning: www.enchantedlearning.com
78. Eclipse Crossword: www.eclipsecrossword.com
79. Math Snacks: www.mathsnacks.org
80. Wikispaces: www.wikispaces.com
Additional community member submissions:
81. World Digital Library: www.wdl.org
82. Library of Congress for Teachers:
www.loc.gov/teachers
83. SocialMaestro:
www.socialmaestro.com
84. Spellingcity:
www.spellingcity.com
85. Report Card Comments:
www.reportcardscomments.com
86. EDSITEment!:
www.edsitement.neh.gov
87. Khan Academy:
www.khanacademy.org
88. Teachinghistory.org:
www.teachinghistory.org
89. National Archives - Teachers:
www.archives.gov/education
90. Smithsonian:
www.si.edu/educators
91. Jibe:
www.jibemix.com
92. Glogster Edu:
www.edu.glogster.com
93. PD 360:
www.pd360.com
94. Enter The Group:
www.enterthegroup.com
95. assessmentfocus.com:
www.assessmentfocus.com
96. JewelBeat:
www.jewelbeat.com
97. NWP Digital Is:
http://digitalis.nwp.org/
98. Gapminder:
www.gapminder.org
99. Facing the Future:
www.facingthefuture.org
100. Curriculum21:
www.curriculum21.com/clearinghouse
101. World Mapper:
www.worldmapper.org
102. Collaborize Classroom:
www.collaborizeclassroom.com
103. SweetSearch:
www.sweetsearch.com
104. LearningReviews.com:
www.LearningReviews.com
105. Genetic Science Learning Center:
learn.genetics.utah.edu
106. Enter The Group:
www.Enterthegroup.com
107. Hudson Alpha Institute for Biotechnology:
www.hudsonalpha.org/education/digitaleducation
108. Knovio:
www.knovio.com
109. Splashtop Inc.:
www.splashtop.com
110. Root-1:
www.root-1.com
111. MyClassTalk:
www.myclasstalk.com
112. BenchPrep:
www.benchprep.com
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A new flashcards platform
You may add gflashcards to your list. The flashcards app is better than flashcardmachine.
Excellent! Two other resources...
These are all extremely great technology resources! I am not sure if anyone has heard of this website, but as a Social Studies teacher I frequently use Mrdonn.org for lesson ideas, videos, free presentations and more! BrainPop is also a website I use in all subjects I teach. Even though most videos require membership which costs money, the website does feature free videos each month.
You missed one good resource
Hey Hubert!
You have missed one good resource here: http://www.surveytool.com/
ProRevision.com
Online Diagnostic Revision. Pupil login and Teacher login too for monitoring results in real time. Short test, automatically corrected and retests issued based on results. Recommendation for text book resource page numbers to revise based on results.
LearnBoost, Educreations, Remind101, & Top Hat Monocle
4 more fantastic tools that every teacher should know about!
LearnBoost: free online lesson planning, grading, reporting, sheduling, and sharing tools for classroom teachers (www.learnboost.com)
Educreations: turn your iPad into an interactive lesson planning platform for free! (www.educreations.com/)
Remind101: free and secure group messaging so teachers can connect via text with students (www.remind101.com)
Top Hat Monocle: the "clicker" redefined - students can use any mobile device to answer questions, participate in discussions, and engage in lectures. (www.tophatmonocle.com)
Full disclosure: I'm the Head of Community Development @LearnBoost and love to work with our teachers to make LearnBoost's free tools more amazing on a daily basis :D
And thanks!
A quick shout-out to the amazing brainstorming here! As I share back-to-school resources with teachers and students, this is one of the best lists I've seen so far.
Hi, All, edutopia did a video
Hi,
All, edutopia did a video interview on our non-profit some time ago on our online mentoring site, as a tool/ resource, so I wanted to share with this group our latest news: Our award winning animation training and mentoring program ACME Animation Online, has now opened its annual memberships to individuals worldwide. By opening our doors to individuals, we hoping to serve a larger population during this current school funding crisis. Pricing is $300 per student, although we are offering a 15% discount to celebrate the launch, so less than .70 cents per day. If you know of arts or technology teachers who might be interested, or individual students, please help us pass the word on. Go to http://theacmenetwork.org for more info, and use price code (LNCH 15% Discount).
the old edutopia video article on us is at: http://www.edutopia.org/acme-animation-mentorship-video
Resources to get animation going in your classes can be for for free at:
http://www.pencil-animation.org/
http://animation.about.com/od/referencematerials/a/freesoftware.htm
Thanks!
Teacher Training Videos
Hey everyone
I'd like to share with you this great website created by Russell Stannard. You'll find a collection of tutorials on how to use different free websites as useful tools to support our lessons. Enjoy!
http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/
Did anyone mention PBS?
I am new to the discussion, but I didn't see PBS Learning media listed. It's less of a tool and more of a resource for videos. I find it very helpful in my classroom.
The site redirects you to the local PBS, so here's Arizona: http://az.pbslearningmedia.org/
Internet Archive
http://archive.org/ is a great resource. It includes video and audio clips as well as the Wayback machine, an archive of Internet sites.