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.
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.