Make education fun again! Quizdini is an easy Web 2.0 tool that helps teachers teach and students learn, for free! Create engaging multiple-choice quizzes (though we prefer to think of them as games) where you control the content, and let your students learn at their own pace!
National atlas is a website where people can create maps for different things such as climate change and agriculture. This is a great study tool for students taking social studies and science.
You are more likely to look forward to going to work each day when your career matches your skills and personal interests. And that can open doors to even more opportunities. This career assessment tool takes 10 to 15 minutes to complete.
Wideo is a site that allows students to easily create animated videos, using either uploaded content (images) or stock content found on the website. It can be used by students to create illustrations of stories, concepts, or historical events, and can be also used as a teaching tool to help visually learning students.
This tool is a way to make visual timeline and map combination. Students can also add text, pictures, and videos to each project. These projects are downloadable and can be embedded in to website. This can help a student in a social studies class to create a visual and engaging project.
Encalc is a free online scientific calculator. It is able to handle dimensional analysis, perform symbolic algebra and calculus, define variables, look up values from a database of physical constants, and graph. Encalc also aupports parentheses and scientific formulas.
Encalc can be used when a student has misplaced his/her calculator and needs a scientific calculator to use. As a school in which a TI-84 is necessary, this tool may be very useful to some forgetful students.
CBBC is a BBC television channel whose target audience is aimed towards 4 to 12 year olds. However, I think that high school students could also use this site as an educational tool. Its website features free kids' games, television shows, clips, music, art activities, and news. The television shows and games on this website are fun and educational, usually pertaining to science. Also, the news reports that are featured on this website include world news, sports news, and even entertainment news. Furthermore, there is a really neat section about animals, where children can learn about all different types of animals and the latest news concerning animals.
One of the Library of Congress' educational resources, use their collection of eight interactive displays about the early Americas to have fun discovering and learning history. Activities include looking through interactive maps, investigating Mayan writings and artifacts, and learning history through paintings.
Teachers can use these tools as part of their lesson plans to gain interest in the subject.
Grammar base is an easy to use tool to check your grammar online. This will be helpful for students in English classes or students required to write papers for classes.