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As a teacher it's sometimes hard to get students interested in subjects that they think are boring or hard. This is especially true in mathematics but numberphile provides a solution. Chock full of wonderful videos explaining concepts and the history behind mathematics, this website can pique the interest of anyone who watches.

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.

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.

Mashpedia serves as a median for finding a variety of research sources on a specific topic. Searching up a topic will direct you to a page full of videos, news, and the Wikipedia page relating to that topic. With this website, students will be able to access the most up to date information on a topic--all in one place.

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."

Symbolab is practically like Google, except it is geared specifically towards math and science students. Instead of using words in a search engine, you can use mathematical and scientific symbols. An included feature in the website is a step-by-step solution of an entered math problem.

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.

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.

This website offers two technological tools, one that would be more applicable to elementary students while the second could be used by middle and high school students. The former, Draw Me a Game, allows children to draw their own world and create a video game out of it, exposing them early on to the advantageous aspects of technology at an early age. JellyCam, the latter, allows older students to make a stop-motion video that can be used in subjects such as arts, science, English, and social studies.

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.

StackExchange is a great websites for getting help with LaTeX commands, or for anything else.