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"JeopardyLabs allows you to create a customized jeopardy template without PowerPoint. The games you make can be played online from anywhere in the world. Building your own jeopardy template is a piece of cake. Just use our simple editor to get your game up and running."

Building on the momentum the Obama administration started more than a year ago to stop bullying in schools and communities, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Education Secretary Arne Duncan today unveiled a revitalized Stop Bullying website - www.stopbullying.gov - to encourage children, parents, educators, and communities to take action to stop and prevent bullying. The website provides a map with detailed information on state laws and policies, interactive webisodes and videos for young people, practical strategies for schools and communities to ensure safe environments, and suggestions on how parents can talk about this sensitive subject with their children. The site also explores the dangers of cyberbullying and steps youngsters and parents can take to fight it.

Virtual manipulatives for grades 3 - 5.

Virtual manipulatives to teach concepts for 3-5 grade math skills. The base ten activities are great. If you do not have manipulatives in your classroom, or another teacher is using them that day, consider these online manipulatives

sensory stories for switch-use with scripts and props

Wonderful listing of free fun online activities for students with complex learning challenges!

This site offers free software that runs online and doesn't require an install. Topic areas include around the house, animals, food, letters, numbers, clothes and body, size, shape and color that build vocabulary, concentration, cooperation and literacy. Simplistic format designed for learners with complex learning needs.

This site offers free software that does not require an install. Great for students with Autism and other complex learning needs

Switch Accessible games to play online

Aims to help students and children to memorize English vocabulary in an easy and efficient way, by using image, pronunciation and game. Free and Fun!

"Twiddla is a no-setup, web-based meeting playground. Mark up websites, graphics, and photos, or start brainstorming on a blank canvas. Browse the web with your friends or make that conference call more productive than ever. No plug-ins, downloads, or firewall voodoo - it's all here, ready to go when you are. Browser-agnostic, user-friendly. "

Tutorial/cheat sheet on Inserting hyperlinks and adding action buttons in a PowerPoint Presentation to create interactive stories, lessons, and quizzes

This site provides information into designing accessible games

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a free web-based tool that enables anyone to author and publish educational materials that use the Universal Design for Learning framework to flexibly respond to the needs of all learners. The link to the press release that explain more about the product and a link to the actual tool is located at: http://www.cast.org/about/news/2013-03-12.html

This is a free site that allows you to build online interactive lessons or modules... really easy and really cool!

Create dynamic, UDL supported learning environments!

The Molecularium Project is expanding science literacy globally by exciting young minds about molecular science through experiential learning and unprecedented visualizations in immersive and interactive media. We aim to excite audiences of all ages to explore and understand molecular science in the world around them

Poptropica® is a virtual world in which kids explore and play in complete safety. Every month, millions of kids from around the world are entertained and informed by Poptropica's engaging quests, stories and games. Kids create a "Poptropican" character to travel the many Islands of Poptropica and use gaming literacy to enjoy a narrative that is often rooted in factual history. Problem-solving skills are honed as kids discover and solve mysteries unique to each Island. There are always new areas to explore in this ever-expanding world where kids can collect objects, read digital books and comics, watch movies and compete in head-to-head competition. Parents can always trust that their children are playing - and learning - in a safe online environment.

The Internet has drastically changed the way that children interact with the world. They have access to in-depth knowledge, tools to express their creativity, and people from all over the world. Yet along with offering a fascinating, new way to connect with the world, the Internet also offers new risks 

The Cure for Multiplication Problems

50 one-stop learning activities 15-30 minutes each. online and interactive

Great online games ranging from 15-30 minutes.