| Site Name |
Description |
| Podcasts |
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| Education Podcast Network |
Wide range of podcasts to teach with and about, and to explore issues of teaching and learning in the 21st century |
| Podcasting in Education |
How-to website with great examples |
| Rubric for Podcasts |
A+ Rubric from U of Wisconsin |
| Candlelight Stories |
Subscription stories for kids |
| Short Attention Span Science Theater |
Microdocumentaries mostly on marine science topics |
| Podcast People |
Online podcasting studio |
| OEDB's 100 Ways to Use your iPod |
Ideas about the many different ways you can transform an iPod into a learning device. |
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| Web 2.0 |
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| voicethread |
Amazing site that lets you import all sorts of media, record comments (both voice and text) and doodle (draw) over media, then share it. |
| drop.io |
Use drop.io to privately share your files and collaborate in real time by web, email, phone, mobile, and more. Create each drop in two clicks and share what you want, how you want, with whom you want. |
| ToonDoo |
Create comic strips and books in this easy, engaging, and collaborative environment. |
| xTimeline |
xTimeline is place where you can explore, create, share and discuss timelines. |
| SchoolTube |
Site for sharing and creating videos; with lesson plans and other helpful classroom information and projects |
| Lulu |
Free publishing site. Have students publish and sell their work. |
| Qlipboard |
Capture anything that you see on your computer with one click and then talk, write or draw on the images you have captured. With one more click, you can email or share these conversations through the web. |
| Creative Commons |
Built within current copyright law, CC allows you to share your creations with others and use music, movies, images, and text online that’s been marked with a Creative Commons license. |
| Scratch |
New programming language that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art -- and share your creations on the web. |
| NetLingo |
NetLingo contains thousands of definitions that clearly explain the online world. |
| Urban Dictionary |
Urban Dictionary is a slang dictionary. Define your world. |
| Social Networking in Plain English |
Great video explains all about Social Networking |
| RSS in Plain English |
Great video explains all about RSS |
| Wikis in Plain English |
Great video explains all about Wikis |
| Curriki |
The Global Education & Learning Community |
| Wikibooks |
Open-content textbooks that anyone can edit |
| 21Classes |
Student-friendly blogging service |
| Class BlogMeister |
Online blogging tool is explicitly designed with teachers and students in mind, where the teacher can evaluate, comment on, and finally publish students' blog articles in a controlled environment. |
| SafeKids |
Family guide to making the Internet and technology safe |
| Adventures in Internet Safety |
Surf Swell Island site is a quiz-driven adventure game |
| NetSmartz Workshop |
Separate Internet safety section for educators, teens, kids, etc. |
| GaggleNet |
Free and safe email for students of all ages |
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| Copyright
Permission |
top of page |
| A Visit to Copyright Bay |
The authors best attempt to explore"fair use" in the not-for-profit educational setting. |
| The Educator's Guide to Copyright
and Fair Use |
Article from Technology and Learning |
| Podcasting Legal Guide |
Article from Creative Commons |
| Zotero |
Free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources. It lives in the web browser itself. |
| CSPD Comic: Bound By Law |
"Bound by Law translates law into plain English and abstract ideas into ‘visual metaphors.’ |
| CitationMaker (secondary) |
based on MLA Style |
| CitationMaker (elementary) |
based on MLA Style |
| Citation Machine |
Interactive web tool designed to assist high school, college, and university students, their teachers, and independent researchers in their effort to respect other people's intellectual properties |
| EasyBib |
Insert your web site and it creates your citation in MLA format ready for MS Word |
| U.S. Copyright Office (#21) |
Fact sheets on every aspect of copyright |
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| Reference
Sites |
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| Awesome Library |
33,000 carefully reviewed resources, including the top 5 percent in education |
| Internet Public Library: Ask a Question |
Good answers to good questions |
| About.com |
Over 570 expert "Guides" steer About.com's content |
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| Resource
for Students |
top of page |
| IPL: Ask a Question - Kidspace |
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| Pitsco's Ask an Expert |
These experts have volunteered to answer your questions for free! |
| Zero Footprint KidsCalculator |
Measures the direct impact of a child's lifestyle on the planet. |
| Animal Planet |
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| RoadsideAmerica.com |
Find travel tips, stories, field reports and maps for unusual tourist attractions and landmarks. |
| Stop Bullying Now |
Site for teachers, students, parents - in spanish too |
| Kidzui |
Safe internet for kids (games, sites, pics and videos) |
| Ask for Kids |
Fast, easy and kid-friendly way for kids to search online |
| Astronomy For Kids |
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| Kids.gov |
Provides links to Federal kids' sites along with some of the best kids' sites from other organizations all grouped by subject. |
| ASPCA Animaland |
Website for kids who love animals |
| Homework Help |
Site by Discovery Channel |
| KidsClick |
Web search for kids by librarians |
| KidsCom |
Kids games, chat rooms, video game cheats and other child activities. Focus on fun, learning and Internet safety. |
| PBS
Kids |
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| Superkids |
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| Teacher
Resources |
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| Project-Based Learning with Multimedia |
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| BIE: Project-Based Learning |
Resources to design and manage high quality projects for middle and high school students. |
| Information Problem-Solving Research Models |
Good Essential Questions |
| Authentic Task Design |
Links about authentic tasks, examples of web environments that use authentic tasks and theoretical ideas that provide the foundation for the approach (from Australia) |
| You Be the Producer |
Resources fot helping students tell their stories digitally |
| I Dare Ya |
Project-based websites to give teachers a chance to step outside the box and let kids find creative solutions to solving problems in science, math, Kansas history, American history, writing and the arts. |
| Teachers' Domain |
Online library of more than 1,000 free media resources from the best in public television. Easy to use and correlate to state and national standards. |
| TheFutureChannel |
Short, broadcast-quality video clips and ‘micro-documentaries’ which teachers can use to bring context and life to their lessons and engage their students (Copyright protected for use in classroom only) |
| DIGI[cation] |
Opens the lines of communication by combining elements of e-Portfolios and learning networks. |
| National Science Digital Library |
High quality resources and tools that support innovations in teaching and learning at all levels of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education. |
| Center for Media Literacy |
Dedicated to promoting and supporting media literacy education as a framework for accessing, analyzing, evaluating and creating media content, |
| NoodleTools |
Teacher resources for 21st century literacies |
| Read the Words |
Input any text and it will read it to you in clear voice. Can also downloaded as mp3 |
| Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators |
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| EdHound |
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| CyberGuides |
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| All
Experts |
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| Eisenhower National Clearinghouse |
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| Global Schoolhouse |
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| CIA World Factbook |
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| The Discovery Channel |
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| ThinkQuest |
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| Recipe for Success |
Integrating nutrition vertically throughout the curriculum in elementary schools. |
| Zoomerang |
Create surveys |
| Survey Monkey |
Create surveys |
| Puzzlemaker |
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| K-2 Sites |
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| Panawapa |
Social networking site from Sesame Workshop for children age 4-7. Fosters the foundation for global citizenship and community activism in young children. Featuring an entirely new group of Muppet characters, Available to children around the world in five languages —Arabic, English, Japanese, Mandarin and Spanish. |
| CanTeach |
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| EdPuppy |
Early Ed |
| Dara's K-2 Sites |
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| abcTeach: Basics |
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| Starfall |
Where children have fun learning to read! |
| Getting Students Connected |
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| Rubrics |
top of page |
| Rubistar |
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| Rubric for a Research Paper |
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| UW-Stout: Teacher-Created Rubrics |
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| TeAchology-Rubric Generators |
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| Social Studies |
top of page |
| Remote Access |
8th grade wiki project on colonization |
| Teaching the Levees |
Social, political, and cultural curriculum surrounding Hurricane Katrina. Includes a media literacy component as well |
| 10 X 10 |
Top 10 stories and images of the day |
| EdSiteMent |
Humanities lessons |
| Newsmap |
Treemap of news stories |
| Lesson Plans for Social Studies |
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| Social Studies.org |
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| The History Channel |
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| Ellis Island Foundation |
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| From Revolution to Reconstruction |
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| US Congress |
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| Geography |
top of page |
| National Geographic |
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| Nice Geography Servers |
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| Digital Universe |
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| GMaps Pedometer |
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| Google Planimeter |
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| YourGMap |
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| ArcWeb |
On-demand GIS |
| Earthquakes in the Last Week |
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| Science |
top of page |
| Google Earth for Earth Science and Remote Sensing |
Blog with lots of ideas for using Google Earth in the Science classroom |
| Africam |
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| Ask a Geologist |
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| Exploratorium |
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| Nasa Quest Projects |
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| ScienceSpace |
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| Little Shop of Physics |
Collection of hands-on science experiments that are designed to be used by students at all grade levels, K-16 from Colorado State University |
| The Endangered Animals o/t World |
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| The Globe Program |
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| The Jason Project |
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| Ology |
American Museum of Natural History |
| Energy Quest |
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| Reeko's Mad Scientist Lab |
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| Yuckiest Site on the Internet |
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| Amazing Space |
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| Stargazers |
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| Windows on the Universe |
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| Math |
top of page |
| Interactive Resources |
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| Effective Math Videos |
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| Mike's Math |
Improve math, memory, problem solving, etc in a fun way |
| Math247 |
a wiki whos goal is to create a library of 500+ mathcasts for grade K-7 |
| GeoGebra |
GeoGebra is a free and multi-platform dynamic mathematics software for schools that joins geometry, algebra and calculus. |
| The Geometry Center |
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| Illuminations |
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| National Library of Virtual
Manipulatives for Interactive Mathematics |
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| MathTools |
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| Ask
Dr. Math |
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| Ed Resources for K-12 Math Teachers |
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| Annenberg / CPB K-12 Math & Science Project |
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| Math Forum |
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| Image Processing in Mathematics |
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| Math.com |
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| Math Magic |
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| CoolMath.com |
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| Language Arts/Reading |
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| English Zone |
Grammar, reading,basic skill games for English |
| FanFiction |
Writing for the web |
| Google Lit Trips |
This site is an experiment in teaching great literature in a very different way. Using Google Earth, students discover where in the world the greatest road trip stories of all time took place... and so much more! |
| American Writers |
Archives for educators, researchers and every one interested in the writers featured in the C-SPAN series. |
| Online Electronic Books |
Some of the most substantial online libraries specializing in free online classics |
| Literature Learning |
Active reading through book technology connections |
| 42 Explore |
English and language arts topics include reading, writing, and literature. |
| Adora's World |
Gifted child prodigy writer |
| The Writer's Almanac |
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| Read.Write.Think |
High quality practices and resources in reading and language arts |
| Book Adventure |
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| BookPals |
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| Aesop Fables |
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| American Folklore |
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| American Verse Project |
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| Favorite Poem Project |
Robert Pinsky has sponsored a project that collects, on video, various Americans reading and talking about their favorite poems. |
| Literacy Support Pictures |
Slater Software's free picture search (Also click on FREE STUFF) |
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| English Language Learners |
top of page |
| Speech Animator |
By clicking on the letter, you can watch and hear the phoneme |
| University of Iowa Phoentics |
Animated Libraries of Phoentic Sounds |
| ELLLO |
Free online listening resource of over 1,000 listening activities designed especially for ESL and EFL students and teachers |
| Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab |
Vocabulary, tips, lessons, quizzes and more... |
| Antimoon.com |
Learn English effectively |
| Sounds of English |
Activities, Exercises, Handouts.... |
| Dave's ESL Cafe |
The Internet meeting place for ESL and EFL from around the world |
| English Club |
Everything from lessons for students to jobs for teachers, including interactive pages such as forums, games, quizzes, chat, help and penpals. |
| Easton's Engllish Online |
Lots of materials |
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| Using the Internet |
top of page |
| Teaching on the Web |
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| ClassZone |
Web Research Guide |
| Plagarized.com |
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| i4c |
Helping Teachers Use the Internet Effectively |
| Four NETS for Better Searching |
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| iTools |
Translations, dictionaries, currency,maps, etc. |
| Internet Archive |
The Internet Archive is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Like a paper library, we provide free access to researchers, historians, scholars, and the general public. |
| Filamentality |
Tool that guides you through picking a topic, searching the Internet, gathering good Internet links, and turning them into online learning activities |
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| Online Projects |
top of page |
| iearn |
World's largest non-profit global network that enables collaboration projects |
| Kids' Space Connection |
International meeting place for children and teachers |
| ePals Classroom Exchange |
Connects learners around the world for sharing and exchanges that foster literacy, language and critical thinking skills in a fun and safe environment. |
| Kidlink |
Multilingual place for kids to collaborate and network with friends around the world |
| The Global Education Collaborative |
Community for teachers and students interested in global education. Contribute by adding media, conversation, and collaborative project ideas |
| Rock Our World |
International project - topic changes each year |
| Think.com |
Identify a topic of interest, assign your students, and allow others locally or across the globe to join. |
| TakingItGlobal |
Connects youth to find inspiration, access information, get involved, and take action in their local and global communities. |
| Global School Net |
Project learning exchanges with people around the world to develop literacy and communication skills, foster teamwork and collaboration, encourage workforce preparedness and create multi-cultural understanding. |
| Oz Projects |
This Australian site celebrates online curriculum projects and the world of unique learning opportunities. |
| Computer Capers |
Projects in K-12 school communities to increase student achievement using technology in anytime, anywhere settings. |
| WebQuests |
Inquiry-oriented lesson format in which most or all the information that learners work with comes from the web. |
| Flat Classroom/Horizon Project |
This is a collaborative global project between classrooms in diverse geographical locations |
| My Hero Project |
Hosts thousands of stories of remarkable individuals written by children and adults alike. MY HERO invites you, your family, school or organization to take part in this interactive web project. |
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| Art and Music |
top of page |
| Inside Art |
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| Artsonia Art Museum |
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| CGFA- Virtual Art Museum |
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| The Louvre |
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| Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary |
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| Creating Music |
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| Making Music |
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| ThinkQuest: Music Notes |
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| Electronic Music InterACTIVE |
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| Finale Notepad |
Basic music notation software |
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| Miscellaneous |
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| Instructables |
People share what they do and how they do it, and learn from and collaborate with others (started from MIT labs). |
| JeopardyLabs |
Allows you to create a customized jeopardy templates without PowerPoint. The games you make can be played online from anywhere in the world. You can browse other jeopardy templates created by other people too. |
| Custom Road Signs |
Type text below to make your own custom road sign |
| Famous Star |
Get your own star at Hollywood Blvd (or at least a picture of it) |
| FunBrain.com |
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| Smithsonian National Zoo |
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| San Diego Zoo |
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| Sea
World |
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| Willy Wonka Candy Factor |
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