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This website takes you step by step in the process of creating a quiz on excel. It is very helpful for creating a quick skill and drill worksheets.

Thousands of teachers have discovered the value of classroom blogging, both as an avenue for their communications, but also as a tool for giving voice to what their students are learning and how they are learning. Class Blogmeister is one of several blogging engines that have been developed specifically for classroom use. You are welcome to explore the writings of teachers and students alike.

A great basic money skills resource for teachers and students.

Founded in 1999, BrainPOP creates animated, curriculum-based content that engages students, supports educators, and bolsters achievement. Our award-winning online educational resources include BrainPOP Jr. (K-3), BrainPOP, BrainPOP Español, and BrainPOP ESL. All are supported by BrainPOP Educators, our teacher community now more than 125,000 members strong and featuring free lesson plans, video tutorials, professional development tools, graphic organizers, best practices, and much more.

This is a webquest creation tool (not free).

A better, more kid-friendly site than dictionary.com for students to look up words and synonyms. There are also links here to fun word games for students to use and build vocabulary.

Meriam-Webster's word central page that provides opportunities for students to build their own dictionary and participate in interactive games involving language. There is also a section of the website dedicated to helping educators as well.

This site provides several interactive games for ESL students to practice learning their vocabulary. These different games include help with spelling, vocabulary, and context.

Tool for students and teachers to create puzzles (mazes, crossword, etc.)

Free website to use to cite various sources. Easy to follow steps to cite a variety of sources. I feel this would appeal to students because many students struggle with putting the correct punctuation marks and to cite sources correctly. The aesthetics is very general there are no creative graphics. I feel the website is up to date since 2010. I loved the fact I could just put in the ISBN number and the book information would pop up and I just click submit. This information can be used from 4th grade and up. The only negative is there is no contact support available.

This is a game designed to test your vocabulary knowledge. There are over thousands of words to practice with levels at easy, medium, and difficult.

Students use this word to build reading logic and comprehension. Very good for practicing chronology.

Interactive website for grammar (British)

This website helps you to create timelines.

This website is excellent for teaching world history. This is a free website is excellent for teaching world history to students in grades k-8. It provides students with time to interact with ancient artifacts from different parts of the world such as Egypt, Greece, China and etc. This site is very helpful in navigating through historical concepts as site is designed for student friendly access. The vivid colors and topics are appealing to all students, especially those who have display an appetite for historical adventures. This website also assists in the process of differentiated instruction due to the plethora of instructional avenues an educator can choose from. Due to this website being free, there is a section that an educator as well as student can access for assistance and frequently asked questions.