"An award-winning source for standards-based classroom resources in science, technology and engineering, from NOVA and other public television series." A free digital library associated with PBS provides teachers with downloadable video & audio clips that are aligned with education standards. Scientific topics include earth science, geography, life science, etc.
This is a site that you can use as a teacher to create a a site where you can connect with the students and you can post assignments on the site and the due dates. It is similar to moodle
Twiducate is a free resource for educators, similar to Twitter but for education. The goal is to create a medium for teachers and students to continue their learning outside the classroom. You can post assignment dates, manage students and groups, and have a place for quesions.
Tinychat provides dead simple, free to use, video chat rooms that just work! Enjoy chatting with your friends or making new ones. Share up to twelve broadcasts simultaneously! With text, video, and audio chat, you and your friends can connect and talk from anywhere in the world.
Similar to MindMeister, this free Web 2.0 application allows users to construct concept maps, save, and share them with friends. It's really helpful when organizing your thoughts for an essay/paper or when studying.
This game is a helpful tool to integrate into the classroom to help review multiplication. I have noticed that students are having trouble remembering their multiplication tables so this would be helpful to use if you have an extra 5 or 10 minutes at the end of a class period.
This web 2.0 is alot like GoogleDocs. Writeboard is a free web-based tool that allows students to easily collaborate on a single document online. Different versions of the document are automatically tracked and saved so that old ideas are never lost and can be easily monitored by teachers. It would be incorporated well into an english class.
A site for groups to work on projects together. It has IM capability, email notifications, online calendar,checklist, etc.
Teachers can manage classrooms and students can manage projects.
It looks like a great place for students and teachers to keep track of and work together on projects. (better if all students have a computer at home)
Registration is free and easy.
This is a good website if I have a student who is having trouble with pronunciation or even with grammar. There are pronunciation guides with sound and grammar exercises for people who need some extra practice.
This website is used only for homework. Its kind of like blackboard or moodle idea, and eliminates the need to turn in homework in class and take up time doing that.
This is a good site to have students practice skills they have learned in the classroom. It would be a good site to use as practice during the summer or during a long break so that students don't forget material.