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Math run is an interactive math game which gradually becomes more difficult as you progress. This source is a fun and interactive way to brush up on your basic math skills.

9slides is a presentation tool which allows you to seamlessly create presentations while adding video and audio. Moreover, it makes it possible to share your videos worldwide along with adding your videos to your own blog or website. The service also provides analytics on your presentation allowing you to track success and traffic that is viewing your presentation.

Frank Potter's Science Gems has a collection of helpful sites for students of all grades.

PodBean is a website that you can join to create podcasts and share them with other users. PodBean features statistics on your podcasts, customizable themes, and powerful analysis tools. PodBean also allows you to easily share your podcasts by giving embedded codes and links. Podcasts are applicable for any time of educational use, from teaching to student projects.

StoryToolz is a source that can be used by those writing stories, or essays. Among other tools StoryToolz has a word count meter which you can use to monitor how your word count has increased as you have progressed.

Another great service to make surveys and take-home quizzes available to students after school hours. Because you can add pictures and videos to your questions, Kahoot! is a way to get students more involved in the learning process. Only teachers need to have an account, and students enter a PIN number given out by the teacher to access the content.

PictishPuzzle is a site in which you help to reassemble an archaeological find. Archaeologists actually haven't figured out how to reassemble it yet so students actions on this site actually have real life impact.

With this piece of freeware you can pick a random person from a list of names. Ever needed to solve a dispute fairly? The answer is simple with the Hat! With the ability to save name sets, the number of lists of randomized names is infinite!

Coursera is a free online learning tool which provides free courses for a variety of different subjects. Coursera has 107 partners including top colleges such as Stanford and Duke which provided educational videos. It provides up to 536 courses and is used by over 5 million people.