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"Mind maps are great organization tools that students can use to structure and visualize their ideas and thoughts. They can be used for a variety of educational purposes. For instance, students can utilize them in pre-writing tasks to brainstorm ideas around a given topic. They can also be used as synthesis tools to enhance reading comprehension. As we have argued elsewhere, Mind mapping is proved to boost a number of key thinking skills that include creating, synthesizing and analyzing information. In today's post, we are re-sharing with you this handy chart comprising some of the best digital tools to use in class to create visually appealing mind maps. We have categorized these applications into tools that work on Google Drive and the web, iPad apps and Android apps. Check them out and share with us your feedback. "

Pennsylvania Dept of Ed. archives speeches from annual conferences by experts. The archives include the video coverage, PowerPoints, and transcripts. The archives date back several years, so teachers have instant access to a number of experts on relevant topics (2012 - grading + assessment)

Eduweb is a site that provides simulations/interactives on various topics related to science, social studies/history, art, and more.

Scholastic is one of the best graphic organizer providers online. It offers a wide range of graphics covering different topics particularly Reading Comprehension

It is mainly a hierarchial outlining tool which allows students to organize their information into up to five levels. This is indeed a great organizational tool that educators can use to take notes on their readings and research. It can also be used to plan, revise, and organize writings.

This tools makes monitoring student behavior easy. Teachers can set up their class and monitor and make notes on behavior with their mobile device as they move around the room.

Readability turns any web page into a clean view for reading now or later on your computer, smartphone, or tablet.

TypeFaster is a tool that teachers you how to touch type fast using a set of free typing tutorials. This program comes in three versions: Standard, Accessible and Spanish. The standard version is the ideal on so far it has quite many interesting features.

Plus magazine opens a door to the world of maths, with all its beauty and applications, by providing articles from the top mathematicians and science writers on topics as diverse as art, medicine, cosmology and sport.

Mathtrain.TV is a free educational "kids teaching kids" project from Mr. Marcos & his students at Lincoln Middle School in Santa Monica, CA. It provides student-created math video lessons all in one place.

video on using google draw to create mind maps

Ipad workflow charts for making a poster, talking research, and vocabulary words on the ipad

This is a cool Public Domain Review. Users can go on and browse by medium, images, books, film, audio or by time period.

Digital Footprint - has a nice video included to share with students when introducing the topic of digital footprint.

Online collection and databank on instructional tools, emphasizing resources that can be used to guide student thinking and understanding.

Provides information on instructional strategies that benefit a wide range of students. From the Saskatoon Public School Division.

Homepage for Common Core Initiative that houses information and links on the new standards adopted by Pennsylvania

The "YouTube" for big thinkers. Hosts a collection of video interview of experts on major world topics, easily embedded and shared.

TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader. On TED.com, we make the best talks from TED available to the world, for free. More than 700 TEDTalks are now available, with more added each week. These videos are released under a Creative Commons license, so they can be freely shared and reposted.

A double-entry website that has fully interactive text of the Constitution. Each article is broken apart with a specific explanation. From there, students can click on individual passages (usually as small as a single phrase!) to find detailed explanations. Amazingly thorough and in-depth, it has abundant history + law + citizenship uses.