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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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You are right Darla. I am
You are right Darla. I am working on a jazz history course and we were able to find tons of resources. There are video clips and games for students in a wide range of grade levels.
Actively Read by www.ActivelyLearn.com
A company called Actively Learn recently launched their beta of a program called Actively Read.
The program allows teachers to embed questions, comments and all sorts of multimedia links directly into the texts that you read with your class. I’ve been using the program with my students since last spring (most recently with "Harrison Bergeron") and it is really user-friendly. They are looking for teachers to try out this version of the product for FREE. The website is www.ActivelyLearn.com - check it out and request an invite to use it with your class!
Create Cloze Tests with learnclick.com
With www.learnclick.com you can create cloze tests (gap-filling exercises) with just a few mouse clicks. There are different types of modes you can choose from, for example drag & drop. The statistics give you an idea were the weaknesses of one's students are. The free version offers enough time if you just plan to use the website for a one-time fun activity and the prices for a year membership are also very affordable.
Hi ,this from
Hi ,this from Turkey
http://www.eba.gov.tr
it is educational IT network.If teachers want to share his or her material, he or she can upload it to the web site.It includes educational materials for teachers for k-12.
Bookry
Not sure this is the best place for this, but I was wondering if anyone has gone down the path of creating iBooks for students to use with iPads. If so, have you used widget builders like http://bookry.com to make it more accessible? Any feedback on the best ones?
OER k-12 math information links
If you are tired of doing "Google searches" to find Open Educational Resources OER - lessons, examples, definitions, problems - you should check out the non commercial website www.k-12math.info. It is organized by content ( 1,000 of the most commonly used terms in elementary and secondary school student mathematics textbooks) and grade level (age level for international users). The site is providing thousands of links to information to help material developers, resource people and teachers.
As for science I suggest this
As for science I suggest this website: http://www.physics-chemistry-class.com