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This site has information, trivia questions, games, and activities about our planet, air, weather, water, energy, plants, and animals.

This site is a fantastic resource for science and includes activities, apps, videos, books, and games.

Excellent resources for teaching music

The Music Tech Teacher site includes quizzes, games, lessons, worksheets and other resources for teachers interested in using technology to enhance music education.

Great example of a Simulation Software tool. Kids can learn conducting patterns and actually change the tempo of a piece of music while it plays by changing how fast they move their mouse.

What application springs to mind when you think of creating visual aids to accompany your business presentation? For most people, it's Microsoft's PowerPoint. But that's certainly not the only game in town. Plenty of other tools and services are cooler, faster, easier to use, and-in almost all cases-less expensive.

A free study site for English as a Second Language (ESL) students with games, quizzes, puzzles, MP3 files with transcripts, listening practice, pronunciation practive, etc.

This site is from Education World and is speaking about using technology in high school classrooms. This post notes that students in this generation almost demand that technology is to be used in the classroom because that is what they are used to and have grown up with. Cell phones, music devices and tablets have become more prevalent each year with more and more students bring them to school. They cannot seem to separate themselves from social media, music, games, etc. This site has listed some great ideas of how teachers can incorporate technology into their classroom, some of them are: online quizzes, online databases, Microsoft OneNote, online classes, student online portfolios and blogging.

Author's Note: This article has been edited to correct inaccuracies in Google Docs functionality in Firefox, and Google Apps support.] Game on. Microsoft holds a virtual monopoly on office productivity software, but Google is virtually synonymous with the Web.

Educational games and videos from Curious George, Wild Kratts and other PBS KIDS shows!

Download FREE middle school grades 6-8 English language arts activities, lesson plans, educational worksheets & games today!

Grammaropolis is where grammar lives! Songs, books, games, and videos make the parts of speech come alive. Now with fun grammar quizzes!

A website where adults can go to test and practice their mental math skills. No frills, but there is a leaderboard that provides a serious challenge.

Empower your classroom with the best games, apps, and maker kits, including engaging lesson plans aligned to core standards. Explore, connect, & create. Join today!

Graphite is a website created by teachers which is a searchable collection of educational technology resources for teachers.

Common Sense Graphite is a site by teachers, for teachers that helps you find the best educational technology resources and learn the best practices for implementing them in your classroom. Brought to you by Common Sense Media: Empowering kids to thrive in a world of media and technology.

FunBrain is the #1 site for online educational games for kids of all ages. (math, grammar, science, spelling, history)

Gamification white paper from the consulting company Bunchball. It's the first paper to go over how motivation and fun could be used in engagement, brand loyalty and consumer psychology.

A journal article from 2010 that discusses a variety of online tools for information literacy, such as embedding resources into course management software and specific academic organizations' web sites and using podcasts, screencasts, blogs, Web-based board games, and virtual three-dimensional environments. This article also explores the influence these methods have on information literacy skills of undergraduate students.