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Where is...? is a fun and educational geography game that scores players based on their accuracy. Players are given the name of a city, and they have to guess where that city is located by clicking on the map. The game then gives them the measurement (in kilometers) of the distance between their answer and the correct answer. Students could use this website to help them improve their map-reading skills. There is a practice mode that does not record points. Once students feel a little more comfortable with world geography, they can try the scored rounds.

Ribbon Hero is a downloadable game which provides a fun an intuitive way to learn how to use Microsoft Office. It combines with Microsoft Office to create interactive missions such as changing the font or creating exploded pie charts. Overall, Ribbon Hero is a fun way to teach Microsoft Office skills.

An image search engine that locates the source image from a user-uploaded file or URL. Useful for finding higher quality images, images from a cropped photo, and images without watermarks.

Tired of boring PowerPoints filled with paragraphs of information? With this YouTube PowerPoint Add-in, you can embed YouTube videos into your presentations just by using the URL.

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.

This is a free tool that can be used by teachers to make online videos, such as Khan Academy uploads, into personalized tutorials and quizzes for students. By inserting voice commentary and self-made questions on a timeline, student and teacher can interact without necessarily being in the classroom.

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.

Online image editor that can use uploaded images or pictures found on the web. Contains many features such as layering, distortion, and recoloring.

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.

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.

The Japanese Science and Technology Science Center provides countless virtual and interactive lessons on a variety of topics ranging from physics to space science to psychology. The lessons are taught through the use of flash and animation as well as words. Although originally in Japanese, the lessons are available in English.

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.

Online compiler that adds audio to any professional document. This includes PowerPoint presentations, narrative essays, and still images. Useful for making videos and podcasts to upload online.

World's Greatest Math and Science Rap is a website that has short videos about various math and science topics. The interesting thing about this website is that the content is rapped, which helps to make learning about these topics more intriguing and memorable. Each video includes lyrics so that the viewer can see the words to the song (in case it is hard to understand what the rapper is saying). Students can use this website as a study tool for particular topics in math and science. It is a fun way to learn and understand science and math.

This website is used to focus on coding. It allows you to switch between design and view mode which allows you to see the automatic changes made in the code.This allows you to create websites easily. Google Web Design is also compatible with tablets, mobiles, and computers.

Have you ever wanted to make an App? Well in the link above you can create an action App by coding. In the App you have to know a little about coding, but it is very fun to create.