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This site is free and is a great study guide for basically anything. You can make your own test, quizzes, or flashcards, or make your own if you chose to do so.

This site claims to be the largest independent study site in the U.S. Extremely easy to use this is a great site to test yourself on the knowledge you have on almost any subject. This free tool uses a flash card system to educate you and multiple tests are available to test your knowledge. Students would love this aesthetically pleasing tool and it is very educational. I love the simple concept and the depth of information on this site. The amount and accuracy of the information is outstanding, and the great thing about it is that any age individual could enjoy this site.

This site claims to be the largest independent study site in the U.S. Extremely easy to use this is a great site to test yourself on the knowledge you have on almost any subject. This free tool uses a flash card system to educate you and multiple tests are available to test your knowledge. Students would love this aesthetically pleasing tool and it is very educational. I love the simple concept and the depth of information on this site. The amount and accuracy of the information is outstanding, and the great thing about it is that any age individual could enjoy this site.

This website offers teachers lots of great tools and ideas to incorporate in the classroom. Also there's a link to free worksheets and other fun stuff. There's a also a great link to some puzzles and games that you can use.

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.

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 webquest creation tool (not free).

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

Similar to Corkboard and Wallwisher, an online collaboration / message board tool.

Prezi is free to the public, although there are a couple different deals you can get as a educator if you wish to go a little further. With the basic public access (free), you can create Prezi's online, and then download them to present them offline. With EDU Enjoy access (also free), you can make content private, use your logo instead of Prezi's and get more storage online. If you wish to pay, you can download Prezi onto you desktop and create offline and also receive premium support. Usability and aesthetic appeal is great and very appealing to students of all ages! It can engage students more during a presentation and be an effective learning tool! Older students can also use Prezi to make presentations for class.

this is great tool for teachers or families to use that provides lessons for media education. It helps address issues like cyber bullying. It aligns with the technology and literacy standards

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 is a free website and is very easy to use. To use this website, you create a video (or your students) using a movie maker software or something similar, and you record audio to go along with your video. This is appealing to students because it allows them to post videos and also allows them to watch videos posted by other students. It is a great learning tool because it gives students a vareity of explanations for different concepts. It appears up-to-date. I would say that it is approporiate for middles grades and older since making videos would be the hardest part. In terms of support, you would need to call or email.

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.

This free site is very useful for implementing technology with teaching History. This site is very useful for implementing technology with teaching History. This particular site specializes in accommodating ages 4-11. Although teaching history to this age group can sometimes be a straining task, this particular website also offers educators an opportunity to stream their lessons for others to observe. This particular website also assists in interdisciplinary activities as the side bars include all subjects and lesson ideas. This particular site is extremely interactive and is can be an effective learning tool. Educators and students can also access the Contact Us link and receive assistance if needed. This site is also designed for student friendly access and is very easy for navigation.

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.

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.

Free. This is a great tool for teachers on best practices. It's easy to navigate and has a lot of information. It is updated frequently and has great content.

This is a demo website released by Google that is free to use and it gives a 360 degree view of the human body. Students can turn on layers to see bones, muscles, organs, and the nervous system. In addition, every time the student clicks on a body part, a label with the proper name of the body part appears. It is a great learning tool, but one problem that I found is that some web browsers such as Firefox do not seem to support the WebGL, which is a new standard for 3D on the web.

This is a free search engine design by librarians just for kids. This search engine produces only kids friendly results and it a great tool to use if the student is to be "protected" from inappropriate content sometimes returned by known search engines such as yahoo, google and what not. The website is free and user friendly. The student can also chose under what topic would the search be and narrow down the search. I love it!