This allows teachers to hold a forum. Students can reply with audio or text to a question. They can even draw on the existing image to make a point. Others in the group can then respond in turn.

This site allows students to tag images with other media. They can then share and comment on others.

This site allows you to make effortless videos and share them with others. The site does the editing for you and creates a very professional looking product. You can stitch together almost any image or video clip making it great for story telling.

This is a type of presentation service that would be great for digital story telling. It is more exciting than your traditional powerpoint and provides a more visual way for students to present ideas.

This is a movie making app that is web based and students can use google drive to collaborate on. It is great for the beginning movie editor.

Tumblr is a photo blog that allows students to tell a story through pictures. It is like instagram but has different properties.

This site summarizes and offers additional sources for each of the landmark supreme court cases in the U.S. It also has different reading levels of each opinion for differentiating instruction.

This website is great for both teachers and students. It has millions of primary sources from U.S. history. It works for research or even simply as a lesson starter with an interesting photograph.

Although this page requires payment to a subscription for FULL access it still allows students to browse great stories from around the globe. The best part is it is all written by students as well.

I know many schools have used this but it is all archived online for use. Students can learn about current events and then share what they learn with others.

Students can use this to do list as a chrome extension. This could replace their paper planner as a way to organize events and homework.

Easy to use concept map for students to create a professional looking flowchart

This simulation has 3 chapters to it. It allows students to make decisions as if they were a person during that event. It has revolutionary war, civil war, and settling the west as missions. Students learn a great deal about the event while interacting with the characters and the primary sources. There is also a game functionality with it as well.

This is a web-based quiz type game that allows up to 30 students to respond to questions you made. The game only allows for multiple choice type questions. Players earn points based on speed and accuracy of their responses. This is a great tool for student engagement and reviewing terms/concepts in class.

This blog is written by Lisa Nielsen. It has won awards for its outside the box approach to delivering material. Many of her posts deal with how to effectively use technology in the classroom. Especially social media. Teachers can use it in the classroom by either networking through her blog and finding content alike teachers or by simply gathering the concepts Nielsen discusses.

This blog is written by Lisa Nielsen. It has won awards for its outside the box approach to delivering material. Many of her posts deal with how to effectively use technology in the classroom. Especially social media. Teachers can use it in the classroom by either networking through her blog and finding content alike teachers or by simply gathering the concepts Nielsen discusses.

This website uses primary sources to teach the humanities to students. It is great for lesson plan ideas and has a strong focus on concepts rather than facts. Teachers can use it in the classroom by downloading the sources from the website. Teachers can either use the given questions or apply their own.

This website uses primary sources to teach the humanities to students. It is great for lesson plan ideas and has a strong focus on concepts rather than facts. Teachers can use it in the classroom by downloading the sources from the website. Teachers can either use the given questions or apply their own.

This wiki is dedicated to an ideal. That ideal is that students are given time within the class day to explore whatever it is they are curious about and then explain it to their peers. This wiki contains lots of information about what genius hour is, how to implement it in your class, and examples of how it has gone for others.

This wiki is dedicated to an ideal. That ideal is that students are given time within the class day to explore whatever it is they are curious about and then explain it to their peers. This wiki contains lots of information about what genius hour is, how to implement it in your class, and examples of how it has gone for others.

This student response tool works very well for formative assessments. Students can use it as little as an exit ticket or for a 20 question quiz. The results appear in a spreadsheet which is easy to download and use with your team for data.

This student response tool works very well for formative assessments. Students can use it as little as an exit ticket or for a 20 question quiz. The results appear in a spreadsheet which is easy to download and use with your team for data.