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Teaching spelling and vocabulary is easy with VocabularySpellingCity! Students can study and learn their word lists using vocabulary and spelling learning activities and games. Students can take final or practice spelling and vocabulary tests right on this engaging site. Premium games and automated student record keeping are available to Premium Members. This resource is likely designed for elementary school students, however there are games available for any age or subject. Poor spelling skills are quite common among all walks of life and spellingcity offers a fun way for anyone to practice their spelling and vocabulary skills. For teachers spellingcity offers the capability to access spelling and vocabulary lists other teachers have uploaded to the site so professional sharing is encouraged.

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I use this for many students that need visual prompts to encourage pre reading and overall language comprehension skills. There is a free 60 day trial that allow unlimited downloads during that time.

This is free site that offers graphic organizers for all areas of education. Vocabulary, process, cause and effect, and sequencing are just a few categories the site offers graphic organizers for. I use this for my students in science, social studies and language arts. I use them for the students to keep information straight but also for the students to study already taught information.

Online voice recorder that also offers a widget to embed your recording or to embed a voice recorder for students. This is a great way to record short audio and post online for your students. Also, the widget recorder which allows playback but not saving might be a great, fun way for younger students to practice fluency. They can read and then listen to themselves.

lino is an online web sticky note service that can be used to post memos, to-do lists, ideas, and photos anywhere on an online web canvas. lino is a completely free service that runs on all popular web browsers. Lino can create a virtual pin board for multiple students/people to use at once. This resource was designed to assist teachers/people who use a large amount of sticky notes in their lives so they can now make the sticky notes digital. Teachers can use lino as a way for groups of students to access a unit and pin comments or helpful tips to other students.

Play games, watch videos, learn about animals, and places, and get fun facts on the National Geographic Kids website. -- There are also resources for younger students. I've found that the younger students are very curious about the "real". National Geographic is a resource that can be trusted.

The creative visual learning platform that every educator and student deserves. I used this tool when I taught in Maryland for students to have interactive computer time, when they were completing state projects.

Read reviews, get customer ratings, see screenshots, and learn more about Super Duper StoryMaker FREE on the App Store. Download Super Duper StoryMaker FREE and enjoy it on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

This is a great app (free version is available as well as pay for app) that allows students to creat their own story. I use this resource to create an expressive language opportunity for many of my students.

Although this website is geared more toward elementary age students, I have been able to get a lot of great ideas for posters, organizers, class charts, etc. The site includes a variety of resources for teachers to organize their classrooms and help students to better understand concepts. The website offers a free site and a paid membership site. Although the free site does not allow access to some of the resources that the paid site does, there are still a great deal of resources available to the free site users.

This site hosts a social network, explicitly for teachers, students, and parents, to facilitate education. It provides teachers and students with the opportunity to expand their learning communities into cyberspace, and most remarkably, actively include parents.

Remind (formerly Remind101) is a safe, free way for teachers to text message students and keep in touch with parents. I use it with my class for easy communication for my parents. I can send reminders easily and don't have to give out my private cell.

This is a wonderful listening center. The students can watch the story happen in front of their eyes. They love listening to story. I always try and have copies of the books in my room so they can look through the book after listening.

This is a great center for elementary students to explore free kids educational computer games and activities.

Celly lets you instantly group people and topics into cells. Cells function as chatrooms where people communicate instantly via text-based messaging. Cells can include messages from the web or other social networks to capture your interests. This resource allows for all phone numbers to be kept private during communication. Celly offers a handy tool to communicate with parents, students, and groups of any kind. A teacher or leader of any kind can mass text a group of people and receive individual responses while remaining anonymous. This tool is great for sending schedules, reminders and even in class polls.

IXL is the Web's most comprehensive K-12 practice site. Widely used by schools and families, IXL provides unlimited practice in more than 4,000 math and English topics. An adaptive learning system features games and awards, inspiring students to achieve.

Great resources, especially to share with parents! However, I'm trying to figure out how much they can do for free before needing to pay for a subscription.

It takes just seconds to publish your article and share it with the world Pen.io is a simple resource for creating a personal website. Groups of students or even family members can keep in contact with one another easily through text, pictures and videos.

Interesting that you don't create an account! This could make it easier for some projects or could create some new challenges. I want to check this one out. It could have great potential.

Read reviews, get customer ratings, see screenshots, and learn more about Flashcards+ on the App Store. Download Flashcards+ and enjoy it on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

The flashcard app is a great study tool and saves paper too! My own children introduced me to this one.

Isn't it fun when kids introduce us to great new tools!

Explore a selection of free movies, quizzes, and activities from BrainPOP's suite of educational, animated resources.In my experience the students start out loving, then they find the presentations tedious. However, can be a good way to hook the learner if not overused.

Joomag is a FREE service for creating digital magazines, photo albums, catalogs and e-books. All this is possible right from the website using our innovative online editing tool. Could be a good tool for having your students make a magazine or even making a magazine yourself.

Prezi Is a great tool for doing a presentation. Not an everyday tool because it is time consuming but in the end could really wow the students and catch their attention.