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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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I would add Digital Is
Digital Is, at http://www.digitalis.nwp.org is a growing collection of teaching ideas and reflections by teachers about their efforts to teach digital writing and understand the affordances and potential of digital media and literacies.
Cool Tools for Schools
The different repositories of educational tools and resources always bring up some new links that we are not aware of or we have not visited recently, therefore, thanks for sharing this list.
One of the most extensive repositories of free Web 2.0 tools that I have encountered is Cool Tools for Schools, created by a lady from New Zealand who keeps updating it. It has received a recent award by Merlot and I recommend it vividly - http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com.
The wiki is structured by a classification of tools (resources have also been added more recently), and if you open the index A-Z you can have a glimpse of how long this list is in fact.
Great resources!
Thanks so much for these resources in one place!Here are Livebinders I created with tech tools, some of which you have already listed.
http://livebinders.com/edit?id=128257#
http://livebinders.com/edit?id=130510
Gapminder:
Gapminder: www.gapminder.org
Facing the Future: www.facingthefuture.org
Curriculum21: www.curriculum21.com/clearinghouse
World Mapper: www.worldmapper.org
Great List!
This is a great list of resources for teachers! Another one to add would be Collaborize Classroom: http://collaborizeclassroom.com - a free online learning platform, focused on blended learning and online discussions!
Nice list, but a little convoluted
I know everyone likes tidy lists, but a list that is only 80 items long and seeks to cover the entire edtech field needs another zero on the end. We've created an article on 101 Great Sites for Social Studies and everyone of them is great.
Indeed, once we have created about 100 guides to the best educational resources by topic, as well as articles linking to the best educational content online for students, we realized we had more than 35,000 curated sites useful to educators and students. Thus, to make these easier to find, we created SweetSearch, a custom search engine powered by Google that only searches these 35,000 sites, and others we find on lists such as yours. So I suggest SweetSearch as one tool to add to your list.
Quote: Nice list! For U.S.
Nice list! For U.S. history teachers, www.teachinghistory.orgis a useful resource. We've got teaching strategies, best practices, reviews of websites featuring primary sources, lesson plans--and we're always adding more.
The National Archives' Teachers section (http://www.archives.gov/education/) might also be worth adding. And the Smithsonian (http://www.si.edu/Educators). Unless they're already on there and I'm missing them as I scan!
I used to take my interns to the National Archives for research on immigration history. I also interacted with Smithsonian folks also. Both are great resources.
Vera, Thanks for sharing!
Vera,
Thanks for sharing! Khan Academy is definitely a growing site full of great references for parents, guardians, teachers, and children.
Quote: At ReactionGrid we
At ReactionGrid we have a platform called Jibe (http://jibemix.com). It allows you to build a multiuser virtual world (using Unity3d) and then deploy it on a webpage. Our customers use it to create immersive learning modules that can be integrated with a preexisting LMS and registration database.
You can check out my own Jibe demo world here: http://bit.ly/Jibe
At ReactionGrid we have a platform called Jibe (http://jibemix.com). It allows you to build a multiuser virtual world (using Unity3d) and then deploy it on a webpage. Our customers use it to create immersive learning modules that can be integrated with a preexisting LMS and registration database.
You can check out my own Jibe demo world here: http://bit.ly/Jibe
John,
Thanks for your demo!
Hubert
Quote: Glogster is a digital
Glogster is a digital poster maker that has an EDU offshoot for K-12. It's secure and private, and free!
http://edu.glogster.com
Lisa,
Thanks for sharing Glogster Edu! We worked with them to provide 5 licenses to educators. Very neat tool!
Hubert