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"We all know that teachers are always looking for tools, references, and resources for classrooms. Well, here's 80 "must see" trial, free, and paid websites recommended by Edutopia community members. Keep this list in your back pocket! It might come in handy. "

Innovative and creative. Fun, interactive storymaking site for kids!

"Prey lets you keep track of your phone or laptop at all times, and will help you find it if it ever gets lost or stolen. It's lightweight, open source software, and free for anyone to use. And it just works. "

Zang Zang allows you to pull in photos from sites on the web (Facebook, Kodak, etc) and share. Others can contribute, as well.

Collect your own or find websites others have contributed!

"Sqworl is a web application that provides a clean and simple way to visually bookmark multiple URLs. You can use Sqworl to... Make a personalized homepage for yourself. ex. http://sqworl.com/64da50 Take notes when comparing items. ex. http://sqworl.com/3e3b34 Create a step-by-step tutorial for other users. ex. http://sqworl.com/7518ca and much much much much much more."

Looking for a great collaborative project with students?  Check out Quadblogging!!!   Imagine four schools that had a partnership/agreement that would mean that for a four week cycle, each school's blog would be the focus for one week out of four. Each school in the Quad would spend some time visiting the blog of the school for that week, leave comments etc. After that week, another one of the four schools would be the focus and this would be repeated for the four week cycle and then repeated. It wouldn't take the pupils long to work out that during their week, they would get a boost in visitor numbers and comments. This would give a real focus to have posts online ready for this bulge in visits. During the other three weeks, pupils get to visit and comment on other blogs in their quad. Pupils being pupils, they would also venture out of the quads and visit other blogs that are linked.

Gudli is a unique online experience for kids where they enjoy learning. With our interactive educational games children develop skills in maths, logic, memory, words, creativity and more.   Gudli is free, full of fun, easy to use and the ideal learning space for preschoolers to second grade kids.

This clever little widget reads the page the widget is on, tries to find out what's interesting, and then lists the results in the widget, with links off to a site search, a Google search

My Ideal Vacation Spot:  Alesson introducing teachers to their iPads -  When your teachers need to learn how to integrate the iPad into their classroom

onceptboard is an online feedback software used to place comments, derive tasks and ultimately achieve the release of your designs and concepts. But not only that: Additionally, your board offers a simple option for starting ad-hoc live meetings. You have the option to expand your drafts directly on the boards using sketches and drawings, and you can link web examples or place a screenshot right next to your draft. The discussion about a design or website feedback produces quick, high quality results and can take place internally, or even with the customer.

Automatoon is completely web based and free. There's no fussy authoring software to install (or pay for!) and you can effortlessly share your animations online. You can also easily export your animations and embed them in your own websites, all for free!

Make a short URL for Google+.  Mine is gplus.to/myweb4ed

Create tilt-shift style photos in 3 easy steps

Excellent video tutorials on popular software programs....Free!!!

With so many educational apps on the App Store, there's no limit to the learning possibilities at your fingertips. Take a look at some of our favorite apps for learning.