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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.

Tagxedo is a great tool which can turn your words into pictures. It can be used as a great visual for turning your blogs, news articles, tweets, and many more things into pictures. The website automatically takes words from your blog, news, etc. and forms it to a picture shape of your choice. It is much like the website wordle, except it is more shape oriented allowing you to choose more intricate shapes.

MixedInk's collaborative writing platform allows groups of any size to weave their best ideas and language into a single text. Cutting-edge government agencies, news organizations, advocacy groups, and businesses use MixedInk to gather meaningful input and give their communities a voice.

With this online graphing software one can construct all kinds of graphs, figures and diagrams. With the option to even export these files having professional looking figures in presentations is easier then ever.

This site can help students of any level write Research Papers. The site includes tips for styling and special formatting, such as MLA or APA.

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.

Quick, easy-to-use survey service that provide updates data in real time. Provides statistics in the form of bar graphs and circle charts. Unique URL allows for easy, distinct access to each survey created.

Newsola, is a website which gathers together news from sites all over the world into one space. The site organizes news into several categories including world, national, finance, tech, showbiz, and sports. It also collects news based on countries around the world, including Germany, Italy, UK, and many others. The site organizes the news into blocks and varies the block size to create interest. Also when hovering over blocks the site provides you with a little overview of the news.

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.

Visualead allows you to create unique and interesting QR codes that link to whatever you want. The QR codes created through visualead are not like regular black and white QR codes but can actually be framed around images and graphics. It also provides, QR tutorials, and allows you to track the success of your QR code through the visualead dashboard.

Stoodle is another wonderful program that allows users to interface on the same document much like Google docs. The online difference is that instead of a word document you draw and write on a whiteboard. Users can even hook their microphone up and speak with other people viewing their board. The services are free and all you have to do to get into someone else's room is know the URL.

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.

Visual bookmark website that adds customization to websites in the form of icons. Multiple pages to create specific bookmarks such as websites for a specific class. Integrated search engine, encyclopedia, and other useful tools.

This website compiles videos from YouTube and Khan Academy, and offers 8-day courses and free lessons in Spanish. You have the option to buy lessons, books, and other tools to aid your learning of Spanish language. Students who are taking online Spanish courses can use this to supplement their learning.

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.