PFTSTA Web Mastering 2013

Online PDF reader and editor, featuring a unique URL to share, tagging for search, and adding images.

Having watched many of CGP Grey's videos on their channel, I have first-hand experience that these videos are both fun and extremely educational. Although they may not cover subjects that will always be relevant to the material learned in class at any given time, these videos act as both interesting fun facts and important world lessons.

National Geographic education has photos, videos, maps, games and activities, and homework help. Homework help includes a glossary, encyclopedia, and articles on various subjects. This website offers resources for both middle school and high school students. National Geographic education is a useful and fun resource that can help students learn and understand about various topics in science and social studies. The hands-on activities allow students to engage in learning. The videos and photos are good resources for visual learners.

Tildee is a online tool which allows you to create step by step tutorials in an easy and intuitive way. It also provides a huge library of other user produced content which helps to explain all kind of things such as how to change a tire and so on.

LittleBirdTales is an interactive story building tool that helps children write stories. In addition it has tools for teachers such as interactive assignments and common core templates.

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.

Provides educational games for a less-stressed but equally as important subject: art. The virtual activities vary from identifying details in paintings to completing jigsaw puzzles. These games should be offered to elementary and middle school students for art or in other subject areas in which teachers wish to expand content.

Kuler is an interactive color scheme designer that can find balanced and matched colors to fit any website.

Math run is an interactive math game which gradually becomes more difficult as you progress. This source is a fun and interactive way to brush up on your basic math skills.

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.

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.

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.

10 Secrets to Staying Motivated is an article that gives students advice on how to stay motivated (especially high school students). Along with the ten ways to staying motivated are short explanations on what students can do to stay determined and persistent in high school and in life. Students can use this tool to help them to realize the purpose of high school. By senior year, many high students are close to being burnt out by all of the hard work that they have put into their high school career. This website can help high school students find motivation, even in stressful times.

Storyboardthat is a free online source that provides an easy, fun, and interactive way to present information. Students can use this source for anything from a book report to a foreign language project.

An online painting application that features unique links to each drawing created, allowing for quick saves and sharing. Notes, drawings, outlines, and even 3D art can be created.

Tweet2Cite is an easy website that allows you to convert tweets into MLA, APA, and Wikipedia citations. As our school is becoming more involved with social networking (school Facebook group and Twitter), it seems fitting to be able to reference Tweets from Twitter, where information can be shared to the masses.

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.

Canva is a newly launched service for creating elegant projects, such as flyers, infographics, photo collages, and greeting cards. Canva provides its own layout templates, text boxes, and backgrounds as well as a library with an abundant collection of both photographs and clip art. Finished Canva projects can be shared as links or as PDFs or PNG files.

Meograph is a great way to make map and timeline based stories. Meomath allows you to put in pictures and videos along with audio in order to create an amazing digital story.

Braingenie is a site that allows students to master math and science skills by first learning, then practicing, and finally quizzing themselves. The math subjects included are Algebra I to Pre-calculus, while the science subjects range from Biology to Physics. Braingenie is geared towards all students from grades K through 12. There are hundreds of math skills for all ages as well as hundreds of science skills for grades 6 and up.