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Costs - no costs to this straight forward learning-style resource. Usability - just one page with three links easy as pie. Great learning tools with an actual test to determine your personal learning style - students could and should take this test as well. Aesthetically it is not much to look at but serves its purpose. Content is right on point and in your face. This resource is appropriate for middle school and above. There is no support available for this one page resource - it is what you get and you get what it is - I really love the simplicity of this site.

I came across this website not too long ago and was surprised by the type of approach it uses to help ESL students learn English. Voxy uses current articles from world news, pop culture, as well as sports to help students learn. This would be a great tool that can be used in an ESL classroom. As the student reads an article, s(he) can click on highlighted words in the text and hear the words pronounced. By clicking the highlighted words, they also become automatically generated into a vocabulary list that the students could learn. The lists could very well be used for quizzes and games. The website is available in both English and Spanish. It is free and very easy to use. Check it out.

Strivney is a free, online program for learning to read English. Over a thousand interactive, animated learning games, exercises and presentations provide a quality educational experience. Strivney can be used both at home and in the classroom. Gifted and/or dyslexic children and slower learners all love learning to read English with Strivney because they can work at their own pace.

This particular website addresses students' preferred learning styles (learning profiles) as well as a specific content area- that of history.

This is a free website that allows students to put together a human skeleton. It is easy to use and is visually appealing. It is an effective learning tool that students would enjoy using because it is a game. Although students label the bones of the body, there is no information about the bones. This would be an ideal game for students who are learning about the body (probably 4th grade and above). There is a contact page for user comments and questions on the abcya.com homepage.

This website is a great for student that are learning how to read. It has sections like ABCs- Let's get ready to read where student learn letters and sounds, and section like I'm Reading " where students can read easy books and practice their fluency.It is a great tool for differentiating activities.It is a free website.

This is a free resource, which teaches children to read with phonics. The website has 4 levels of reading: ABC's, Learn to read, It's fun to read, and I am reading. It could be used by teachers and parents to help the student acquire different level of skills in reading. Is perfect for preschool, kindergarten, first grade, second grade, special education, homeschool, and English language development (ELD, ELL, ESL).

ABCya.com is a free online resource, which incorporates computer educational games and activities for elementary students to learn on the web. They are modeled from primary grade lessons and enhanced to provide an interactive way for children to learn. Grade level lessons incorporate areas such as math and language arts while introducing basic computer skills.

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.

This is a free tool to help children learn about bones. It would be appealing for students to use, but could use more color and graphics. It is easy to use and would be an effective tool for students between 3rd and 5th grade. In addition, the content is accurate and simplified. There is a "Contact Us" page that can be accessed by going to the www.e-learningforkid.org homepage for users to submit comments or questions.

ABCya.com is free website that provides educational kids computer games and activities for elementary students to learn on the web. All games are free and are modeled from primary grade lessons and enhanced to provide an interactive way for children to learn.

Word Steps is a resource for learning the vocabulary of choice in nine different languages. It is free to sign up and to use. This website can be used by an instructor in a language arts or foreign language class. The user can select the language to be learned and there are six different types of practice activities for each set of vocabulary words. Each set of vocabulary words is called a dictionary in Word Steps (interesting). One can use dictionaries (words) created by other Word Steps users or one can create his/her own dictionary (words). The website is easy to use and navigate through. The website could be use with or without creating an account.

This free website provides innovative way for students to enhance their knowledge in Science, Social Studies and beyond. It provides games as well as videos that will promote investigative learning among students of all ages. If an educator chooses to utilize this site, it would be very helpful if the educator knew the concept as this website has many activities and links. It is fairly easy to navigate. The colors may not be as appealing as other websites, but the content of this site is very effective when being utilized as a learning tool. This particular site is designed for students in grades k-8, depending on the content.

Educational games are a great tool for building foundation math and language skills that today's elementary school curriculum requires. These online learning games and songs for kids are fun, teach important skills for preschool and elementary school kids and they're free.

This website provides quizzes, tests, exercises and puzzles to help you learn English as a Second Language (ESL). It is very helpful is you have ESL students in your classroom. It is a free website.

A free resource by the National geographic Chanel, which allows kids to learn by playing various educational games such as "Go West with Lewis and Clark," "The Underground Railroad," or "Secrets of the Maya Glyphs." There are many different activities and Experiments that the students can explore. The website is very interactive and user friendly. Great to use in a geography class.

In Visuwords™ online graphical dictionary you can look up words to find their meanings and associations with other words and concepts. You can produce diagrams reminiscent of a neural net. It helps to learn how words associate.

This is a great free website for students. In this website, the students are solving math problems to help stop an evil villain from taking over the Gulf of Mexico and changing it into a golf course. It is very appealing to students because it is interactive. Its a great learning tool because it requires students to complete a mission that involves their math skills.

This is a free website that comes from a televised math program from Loyola University. It allows viewers to call in to answer questions posted by the host. It could appeal to students. Aesthetically, its a little bit boring but the information given is very informative so it could be an effective learning tool. This would be appropriate for middle school grades and up. If a video doesn't upload, there is a link to click for help.

Classroom 2.0 is an online community for teachers who are interested in education technology. Members share web 2.0 tools and learn through online events.

This website provides big variety of skill building activities for students from kindergarten to 5th grade. It includes language art, math, science, and social studies. It also list the Illinois learning standards and provides websites with strategies and graphic organizers to help you working meeting these standards.