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Toporopa is a provider of educational and entertaining quiz games about Europe. In all Toporopa offers eighteen games in six languages. The games are primarily interactive identification games. For example, in the Capitals of Europe game players earn points by clicking on a country then entering the name of that country's capital. In Battles of Europe players earn points by dragging the name of a battle to its proper location on the map.

This slide shows you how to create youtube interactive videos with links to other videos topics.

Livebinder created by Shana Ellason with math resources K-12

It's an online interactive English dictionary and thesaurus that helps you find the meanings of words and draw connections to associated words. You can easily see the meaning of each by simply placing the mouse cursor over it.

I like this site. You put a word into the random slot and you get a mindmap of all the related words and meanings.

Family games offers an online fantasy-adventure novel, randomly generated haiku poems and stories (reload for a new versions) and other interactive features for grades 5-12.

Excellent resource based on the 3-part documentary by the same. Includes a host of varied resources on race, focusing particularly on its history in America. Wonderful interactives, background readings, and plenty to explore.

Graphic Map as its name suggests is designed to help students and teachers in their writing and reading activities. It works according to an evaluative system that charts the high and low points related to a certain item or group of items like : chapters in a book , sums of money, events during a span of time, scenes in a play.

Students will like the Webbing Tool as it will help them outline their ideas in such appealing graphic representations. They can use it to analyze the reading passages they have in the curriculum. They can also use it as a prewriting task to brainstorm all the ideas and notes they want to include in their writing.

East Notecards is a free site where teachers and students can create, study, print and share interactive notecards(flashcards) for their textbooks.

Typing Lessons Online is a free touch typing program that allows its users to type fast using their ten fingers. It offers free and interactive typing lessons and exercises for all levels.

How to smile.org includes a variety of science & math activities. There are interactives as well as videos.

NASA.gov brings you images, videos and interactive features from the unique perspective of America's space agency. Great annotated photo gallery.

Great interactive game that presents real-life scenarios and requires students to determine if they are protected by Bill of Rights, then identify the appropriate amendment. Comes complete with a kid-friendly version of the Bill of Rights.

Picturing America is a project of the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Library Association. Picturing America is an interactive gallery of artwork related to events, people, and themes in American history. You can browse the gallery chronologically or by theme. Click on any image in the gallery to learn about the artist and the artwork itself. Along with the background information for each image, Picturing America provides links to additional resources for learning about the artwork and artists. Thanks fo Richard Bryne.

Create free educational games, quizzes, activities and diagrams in seconds! Host them on your own blog, website or intranet! No signup, no passwords, no charge!

Lots of free tools. I liked the diagrams available.

"This lesson will encourage students to examine the trade-offs involved in our use of energy, a topic they will likely revisit throughout their lives. This lesson is built around an interactive called Power Up! in which students choose how to power a city. They will have to choose between various energy sources, taking into account the trade-offs between cost and the environmental impact of each choice. Discussions before and after the game will examine the various options and what students may want to take into account when making their decisions."

Thinkfinity resource

Encyclopedia of the Earth an electronic reference about the Earth, its natural environmetns, and their interaction with society. It is a free, fully searchable collection of articles written by scholars, professionals, educators, and experts who collaborate and review each other's work. The articles are written in non-technical language and are useful to students, educators, scholars, and professionals, as well as to the general public.

At a quick glance it looks like this site has lots of information about a variety of science related topics.

Thhis site provides you with information to get started on scratch a free program that will allow you to create interactive games and activities for students. It is also great for kids who like to create with technology.

If you have used scratch you will like this site. Lots of help and examples of how to use scratch. If you haven't used scratch this will be a very helpful site to get you started.

Youth Voices is a meeting place where students share, distribue and discuss their digital work online.

If you are looking fora way to have your students interact with others, this might be helpful. It looks like you can have your own private group or you can select to allow others to join. I am thinking that you could connect with a class in another school in or out of state and you could set up a group for the two groups of studetns to interact. Maybe they could talk about a novel they are reading or about a current event.

"The ancient tradition of storytelling meets the digital age. When students create a movie or interactive slideshow to tell their story, learning becomes personal. With digital storytelling, students can: Improve their writing. Show creativity. Have a voice. Digital storytelling projects lend themselves well to portfolio assessment"

Resource for teachers about digital storytelling.