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Great Websites for Kids (GWS) , the Association for Library Service to Children's (ALSC) online website directory, has been completely redesigned. The updated site boasts a fresh and colorful kid-friendly look and interactive social media enhancements. Clear, bright icons display subject categories and appear on every page, while eye-catching thumbnail images provide a visual preview of each great site represented. Special sections highlight Sites of the Week and Month, Most Popular pages and Top Rated selections. Prompts for each site offer "more selections like this." Visitors can actively connect with the site and further their online experience by rating sites; sharing their favorites on social media sites such as Facebook; and emailing recommendations to friends.

This is a very nice high school media center site; it uses google sites.

 tool that allows for quickly and easily designing posters, signs, fliers and more, allowing for a variety of customizations with backgrounds, clipart, and text, while also allowing users to upload and use their own pictures.  My own high school kids have used it to complete one page posters referred to as visual book reports.  Their end products were printed for display purposes in the library, and used for visuals for book-talks done by both the librarians and the students. We even use them in digital frames that loop through pictures at our circulation desk, and students have responded to the "book-reports" created in Poster My Wall by checking out those titles.   The site does not require an account though that is an option, and those opting to use the free version can create professional looking posters and download for printing in minutes.  My school secretary was so impressed with the site she has even used it to create fliers for events and activities at school.   The site is easy enough for even elementary school students.  Like Wordle, my collaborating teachers are finding some very interesting uses for Poster My Wall. Cons?  It is not a replacement to Glogster by any means, but a poster app none the less. (Rec by Cathy Jo Nelson)

Google sites template you can use for a learning commons-type library webpage

Tech & Learning top sites.  Includes sites for many different disciplines

Good explanation of google sites. There are many other great posts on this teacher's blog.

Good example of a media center webpage created using google sites (shared by Angy Northern)

Great list of sites that use games to teach cybersafety

On this site, you will find message templates (sample e-mails, letters, newsletter blurbs, brochures, and even videos) containing taglines and targeting specific stakeholder audiences in order to promote school librarians as 21st century skills experts. CASL hope that these sample templates will be used by school librarians and school library advocates to inform their communities about the vital and irreplaceable role that school librarians play in teaching and learning.

This is a great MentorMob site that currently includes a dozen sites for students to use for research.

Page from Richard Byrne, whose site FreeTech4Teachers is one of the best out there.  This one details resources for teachers and PD.

This site looks like a lot of fun for younger learners. On this site, kids, parents, teachers, librarians can create, share, and access reading logs, have access to a digital dictionary, and practice spelling and vocabulary. It appears like you can even use this tool for online or hybrid book clubs. Share this with your librarian.

Very comprehensive site that has many useful features, including daily podcast booktalks.  I often suggest the site to teachers looking for books of a particular genre, theme, etc.  Some of her pages that link to this are now wikis.

Nice example of a library webpage made with Google Sites

Shows the best website winners using one of the best sites, Book Creator. Some of the slides incorporate videos showing how the sites can be used. This was used in a webinar 9-4-18

Great looking summer reading Google site from a Pennsylvania librarian

There are some suggestions in the comments as well (including AASL's recommended sites)

Nice listing of free video sites (I didn't know Brain Pop had a free section).  There are other great lists on curriki as well.

SIte that crop, convert to cartoons, make billboards, and more

Great site for books, with things for every age level and many interviews with authors. (UK)