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WriteRhymes is a useful tool for writing. Whether it me poetic or prose, WriteRhymes helps you find words that rhyme with a word you choose. You can use WriteRhymes in English classes or any class that requires writing.

LittleBirdTales is an interactive story building tool that helps children write stories. In addition it has tools for teachers such as interactive assignments and common core templates.

Picadilo is a free online photo editor with tools and brushes that allow you to enhance a photo as you wish. Picadilo gives you the option to work on multiple photos at a time and makes editing easy to do. This site is more convenient for fast photo editing and enhancement. Picadilo can be used on pictures applied in any type of project including presentations, brochures, research papers, and webdesign.

Having watched many of CGP Grey's videos on their channel, I have first-hand experience that these videos are both fun and extremely educational. Although they may not cover subjects that will always be relevant to the material learned in class at any given time, these videos act as both interesting fun facts and important world lessons.

This tool is good for visual learners because it gives a visual representation of anything you search. It is augmented reality so you can see an object and relate it to objects you already know.

This tutorial specifically is useful for a quick overview of plagiarism. The tutorial is told through cute animations, but is not limited, as it does includes words on the side.

Pixabay is a source in which you can find free public domain images which can be used for projects.This source is useful for people of all ages.

Tweet2Cite is an easy website that allows you to convert tweets into MLA, APA, and Wikipedia citations. As our school is becoming more involved with social networking (school Facebook group and Twitter), it seems fitting to be able to reference Tweets from Twitter, where information can be shared to the masses.

Storyboardthat is a free online source that provides an easy, fun, and interactive way to present information. Students can use this source for anything from a book report to a foreign language project.

Twiducate is a website that allows students and teachers to network in a class group for better communication. This can serve as a tool for students to collaborate and ask questions in a more organized, convenient fashion. At PFTSTA, communication between students and teachers is imperative--hence the many emails written between us. Some emails are more simple than others, for example where it may be reminders or notifications. Twiducate can be used to send out mass messages from students to teachers and vice versa, without the trouble of having to email everyone to see the message being relayed.

Collaborize is a great tool which allows student and teachers to interact through streamlined chat and personalized lesson plans. It allows for the sharing of different document types from PDFs and Microsoft Office documents. It would be a great tool to create a more personalized lesson along with extending the classroom beyond.

This website provides free music for the public domain. The music is categorized into different moods, and the download link is easily accessible. Along with the actual track available for play, there is a description of the music. You can use this music in many different projects such as presentations, videos, or podcasts in any school subject.

OpenEd is an educational resource catalog which provides videos and educational games. This site is also aligned to common core standards so it provides students with the information needed to graduate.

MorgueFile is a website that provides free high-resolution images for public use. They also provide lessons on photography using the "classroom" feature, and offer a portal of pictures contributed by the morgueFile "community."

A+ Click Math and Logic Problems is a website that has math problems for grades 1-12. It also has logic problems and math problems by subject. The intent of this website is to help students "to develop logical reasoning and problem solving skills." Students could use this website for more help with a particular subject, such as Algebra or Geometry. Not only does A+ Click Math and Logic Problems have "serious" math questions, it also has funny math questions that can help make doing and learning math more enjoyable for students.

Free Royalty Free Stock Photography is a website that offers "over 1000 images" that are free. It has a variety of categories, such as animals, technology, textures, buildings, etc. This website allows anyone to use these photos (they do not have to worry about copyright laws). Students can use this tool to find pictures for projects and presentations. Since it is royalty free, students do not have to worry about copyright restrictions.

Word Mover is a tool that allows you to drag and drop words to make poems. This tool promotes literacy and creativity in students.

Provides educationally-based games for students, stratified by grade (from kindergarten to fifth grade) or subject (math, reading, word, and matching).

With the issue of copyright rising, the reuse of different media has been made difficult. However, with IconBug, there are countless free clip art images available for public domain.