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News articles for grades K-4, 5-8 and 9-12. Teacher can assign articles and corresponding quizzes. How does it work? "Teachers register themselves and, after obtaining verifiable parental consent, register their students and associated class. Teachers assign user/screen names to students. TTribune populates passwords for each student user. Teachers then instruct their students to log on with the user name and password and read articles pre-selected by the Teacher. The Teacher encourages the students to post comments and may quiz the students on the material. Prior to any comment being posted, it is reviewed and approved by the Teacher. The Teacher can make edits and/or provide constructive feedback to the student that is only viewable to the student when he/she logs on. All quiz scores are delivered automatically to the Teachers to share with each student individually. With a student user account, students are only able to access their account, view the classroom page, Teacher instructions, review articles and provide comments. Students are not able to communicate directly with Teachers or other users."

Get a new math problem emailed to you every day. There are three levels of questions - wee ones, little kids and big kids. Use it with your students or with your own children at home!

Today's news for teens

Interactive look at the news. Students will get background knowledge and be asked to give their opinion and make predictions.

Over 100 news articles with questions related to vocab, word selection, sequencing, conclusions, etc. Differentiates by giving the option of reading full article, an abridged version and an outline. Having students examine the outline of the article could help them with their own outlining skills.

Real-life math scenarios for families, libraries, educators or volunteers. New problems added daily.

The new ebook platform Zing offers thousands of free trade-book titles that students will want to read, including award-winning book and series titles from well-known authors, Spanish leveled books, and short texts, poems, and articles. On Zing you can browse for books by topic, language, or reading level and access the books anywhere-on desktops, laptops, tablets, and interactive whiteboard. Customizable teaching points within the books support students in developing the skills and strategies they need in order to comprehend the texts. In the Zing reader, students will find a built-in dictionary and tools for taking notes while they read. Zing also enables student progress monitoring and reporting to provide actionable data for teachers and schools.

Histography is an interactive timeline that spans across 14 billion years of history, from the Big Bang to 2015. The site draws events from Wikipedia and self-updates daily with new recorded events. Events tie to all subject areas including art, music, literature, wars, inventions, medicine, etc. The interface allows you to view between decades to millions of years. You can choose to watch a variety of events which have happened in a particular period or to target a specific event in time. For example you can look at the past century within categories such as riots or inventions. Most have links to video, related events and articles. Use the slider across the bottom to navigate through time.

"AnswerGarden is a new minimalistic feedback tool. Use it for real time audience participation, online brainstorming and classroom feedback. " Teacher poses a question, students answer with 20-40 character answers. Answers generate a word cloud.

Search bios by name or by category (ie. notorious, advocates, activists, people in the news, etc.)

Type in a word and it will locate pictures from flickr that spell out the word. Click on any letter to replace it with a new one. Copy the HTML code into your edline page.

3 Rs to the internet - responsibility, reliability & risk

The week's news, rapped for the classroom. Updated every Friday. Plays through Vimeo, so must bypass the filter. Can subscribe to receive the week's rap via email.

Math and science simulations for k-12 concepts. Requires Java.

Article about heroes written by a senior at the University of Illilnois