www.prezi.com

[Education version] (No more death by powerpoint. Create really neat, visually stimulating presentations)

www.weebly.com

[Education Version] (This will allow you and your students to create websites that they can turn into portfolios. It is by far the simplest website creator I have ever used. Just drag and drop.)

www.dropbox.com

(This is similar to cloud storage. It allows you, your students, or a combination thereof, to store files and access them from any computer. They have a video that explains it rather well on their homepage.)

http://only2clicks.com

(This site allows you to tag or bookmark sites that you feel are valid or valuable for your classroom. If you are doing a research project, it helps your students to be able to see what a reliable source looks like. This could also keep them from traveling to Wikipedia for research. If your students find a great website, they can added it to the classes page.)

www.gaggle.net

(e-mail for students)

www.diigo.com

[Educator version ] (This is one of those sites that you just have to go to in order to understand what all it offers.)

www.animoto.com

[Education version] (This allows students to create videos that are really professional looking.)

www.tubechop.com

(This site allows you to edit a Youtube video that you find. You can cut the video to only contain the material you want to use.)

www.goodreads.com

(This site allows you and/or students to interact with each other about a book they are reading or have read. It will keep track of the books they have read, and it will make suggestions based on what they have read as to what they may want to get into next.)

www.museumbox.e2bn.org

(This site allows the students to create a six sided cube that they can convey an opinion, idea, synopsis, etc. through the use of text, video, and pictures. I am currently using it to have students retell what each chapter of a book was about, make predictions about the next chapter, and do an author study, as well as a book review. It is really cool.)

www.khanacademy.org

                (Great math videos and science videos)

www.capzles.com


                Timelines

www.voki.com

(This is another one of those sites that just needs to be experienced to understand what all it can be used for.)

www.tregoed.org


(SC AN is an online tool that allows you to create scenarios and the students have to evaluate it based on the multiple perspectives you have chosen. There are plenty of prefab assignments already on the site. It is a really neat tool that gives you instant feedback on student performance.)

www.education.skype.com

(If you have ever wanted to connect with a classroom in another part of the world, here is your means of doing so. There are currently over 19,000 teachers that have already caught on to this. Check it out!)

www.onguardonline.gov

                (This site teaches kids how to be safe online.)

Collaborize.com

                (Starter sentences for when you disagree with them.)

Fodey.com

                (Students can create realistic looking newspaper articles.)

 


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