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Online Allowance and Money Management for Kids Although Zefty functions like a bank account, there's no real money involved. Parents set up each child and specify how much allowance they get and how often. It's their money, you as a parent are simply holding it for them - so the mom and dad are the bank.

This seems really simple to use. Great for kids learning English. I would like something a little more sophisticated for 5-6th graders.

Video Community for Kids, Powered by YouTube Totlol is a community-moderated video website designed to be enjoyed by those between the ages of 6 months and 6 years. Videos available at Totlol are all intended to be enjoyed by tots. Parents can easily find the content they want without worry about it.

Virtual photo album that you can add captions, titles, notes, etc. Not as dynamic as the videos, but allows kids to draw/scan or pull from images from online.

Bubbl.us is a FREE mind mapping application. It's similar to Kidspiration and Inspiration, but it is a Web 2.0 application. Kids can create and share projects. They can also work collaboratively on projects. Easy to use. Try this one out.

This is a free site that allows users to preview picture books in their entirety. Users can rate and review books, create an online bookcase, and purchase books for their classrooms. A great way to view books without having to go to the library.

Bring children's books to life with interactive technology.

Dipity is a site that makes it simple for your students to create and share interactive timelines about any subject or topic. It allows students to embed YouTube videos, RSS feeds, Blogger, flickr, Picasa, music, and more right into their timelines. Very cool application to make teaching history a bit more interesting and interactive!

Tikatok is a great site that allows children to turn their ideas into real, hardcover books. With this application, children (with the help of their parents) can post stories online for friends and others to read, and even print the tale for their bookshelf at home. Pros: Creat stories from scratch or get some help from the site, stories are stored on the site, read and comment on posted stories, upload/scan in pictures/illustrations Cons: n/a