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EWG's Food Scores is an easy-to-navigate database created to help consumers make healthier, greener food choices. It was launched in 2014 and has ratings for more than 80,000 products. The ratings are based on nutrition, ingredient concerns and processing.

Google Feud is a web game based on the Google API. We select the questions, then the results are pulled directly from Google's autocomplete. Beware, certain results may be offensive and/or incomprehensible.

Veo is an online video format converter that is still in its beta phase. It allows you to convert videos uploaded from your own PC as well as those taken from cyberspace, for which you need to provide a URL. The supported video streaming services are YouTube, Dailymotion, Vimeo, Blip, Metacafe, DepositFiles and MyVideo.

Digital Vaults is a new site put together by the National Archives (a great history resource). DV is a place where historical records, photos, and documents are kept. At this site a user can either create a Digital Poster, Movie (my favorite) or a Pathway Challenge.

FlipSnack allows you to turn PDF files into amazing interactive books. It's an ideal tool for teachers and students to collaborate and share their work with parents and colleagues. Easy to embed on any website or blog, these flipbooks make classes and courses look fun and are also easy to download.

Select the award template you want from the list of categories. Then download it, fill it out and print! Premium templates without a watermark are available for a small fee.

Soap Box is a new service that enables teachers to gather instant feedback from students through their cell phones, tablets, or laptops. Soap Box offers nine useful functions for teachers and students. One of the features that grabbed my attention is the "confusion barometer" that allows students to state their status as either "I get it" or "I'm confused." Two other features that jumped out at me are the "smart filter" and the "profanity filter." The smart filter searches for similar questions in the backchannel to avoid duplicates. The profanity filter blocks inappropriate language from being posted in the backchannel.

Sure, there's a 100MB limit, but Senduit is not without its advantages. For one thing, you can set its files to self destruct, spy style: This is great if you've got a document you want to share, but would rather not keep on the Internet for an extended period of time. Also, this service's links do not expire if you close your browser. Again, there are privacy implications to this, but to me the self-destruct features help make up for this.