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This is a fun online timeline creator, which can be shared with others online. A valid email is needed to create a timeline, but that could be set up by the teacher or LMS. It's very visual in learning about time.

In the springtime, I am always looking for new ways to keep the kids engaged. Webquests seem to be the ticket. The kids love to do them because its independent work, group work, and whole class work. It's a fun way for them to really get engaged and to take responsibility for their learning. This site has a multitude of different webquests. I just type in the topic I'm looking for, and usually about 2-3 webquests will pop up.

I just thought this website was fun for learning all kinds of interesting information. There are so many people online all the time, why not use each other for help with any type of question. It was interesting to read the things that people were talking about and a great way to learn information. I think is also a great tool for using to quickly find information on any information you might be wondering about or may want to start a discussion about.

aMap is short for 'argument map'. The idea's very simple - to get more people arguing by mapping out complex debates in a simple visual format. At its heart, aMap is about helping people get to grips with complex (or otherwise) issues and get people thinking. aMaps come in two different formats: Printed pocket-sized aMaps, which you can buy on the eMaps website Interactive personalised aMaps, which you can make on the eMaps website The underlying structuring of aMaps is based around "informal logic" - this is the logic people use to argue in everyday life. Informal logic has a four-tiered structure: - Your position (I think . . .) - what you think over all - Propositions (Because . . .) - reasons that support your position - Arguments (As . . .) - supporting arguments that back up each of your propositions - Evidence (Supported by . . .) - supporting evidence to back up your arguments Although aMaps can be used just for fun, to help students improve and/or develop their reasoning and critical thinking in their essay writing and verbal communication.

This is a free private journal on the web. How much fun would to use the web to keep track of your daily journal entries at school. These entries can be shared with others ONLY when you allow them to be. Images can be added on entries as well. Those who keep a journal are known to have a better "working memory." Keeping a journal also improves the writing process and aids in creativity. No more pen and pencil for journals after today!

Online math practice with the option of playing against others online. Developed for K-5 students. Fun!!

that was fun, I made the little character and played for awhile :)

This page would be helpful for librarians searching for professional development opportunities. It includes handouts to use in your library, ideas, institutes, online courses, articles about library issues, opportunities for learning, and much more! I had fun exploring this site.

This site would be a great tool to use in the classroom (or in a library). A "wallwisher" wall allows everyone to communicate on a "wall" answering a question you have posed. Using sticky notes, those in the class answer on the virtual/visual wall. The wall I built asked the question, "what are you reading and what do you like about it so far?" Students can answer with both words and images. Therefore, it is my hope students will upload a picture of the book cover and give a quick review of the book based on what they have read so far. You can design the color/design of the wall. I found this tool to be lots of fun and it could be used in many ways in a classroom or library. Wallwisher could definitely be used to inspire collaboration and communication.

This is an online notice board maker where you can post announcements, greetings, jokes; just about anything you would want to put on a Post It. I think this would be a great tool for students to use in a note taking assignment. This would be fun to collaborate multiple students' posts and try to combine them randomly to create a funny poem or short story.

Great for students and teachers. You can communicate with other classes in the same grade. The teacher is the manager of the student blogs for it is very safe. There is also advance privacy available. The students can upload text, photos, and videos. Easy and fun!

Teachers can host and manage blogs for your students, use a Class Homepage to communicate with students, review capabilities of entries, and it offers advanced privacy. Students get fully featured blogs to upload text, photos, or insert videos, fun learning experience, customizable visibility and comment settings, and no e-mail address required.

The tutorials on this page are very good and are worth the time. Some of the live tutorials were frustrating because you needed a phone and a computer, but you have a live instructor and that is worth a great deal. The techniques, the fun, the time involved were very different yet the same as making a PowerPoint only with a twist.

Whole Brain Teaching guides teachers in the use of brain-based techniques to make classroom management fun and learning enjoyable for both students and teachers.

Really great blog about pushing the envelope in the roll of librarian. This blogger is an active advocate for the 21st century Library Media Center and fun to read to boot!

Voki is a free service that allows you to create personalized speaking avatars and use them on your blog, profile, and in email messages. Makes learning fun for students.

On GoAnimate you can make your own animated characters, direct your own cartoons and watch others' creations. It's easy and free! I think this would be a fun way to allow students the creative freedom to construct graphic-novel-type book reports or fictional stories. This would also be a wonderful way for students to retell the plot line of the story for the class.

You can use a picture they provide or you can upload a picture that you want to use through their browser button. You adjust the mouth to where you think it best fits on the picture for opening and shutting like a real mouth would when talking, then you do a voice recording either through your computer if it has a microphone or you can call in the recording over the phone. Give your blabber a title, description, tag and save it and you have created your own character that talks with your voice that is telling the info you want to share. Our 3rd graders did this using pictures of famous inventors and pretended they were the inventor and told a little about their life and invention.

This is the best resource ever! There are so many great videos, slidshows, songs! This site has it all and the material is wonderful to show in the classroom. The site is free and you can add your own material if you wish to share it. There are some really creative teachers out there! This will be a place you can spend hours upon hours exploring.

This site is similar to YouTube only it features videos, audios, etc. that relate more to education. This site allows you to find videos to use in your curriculum and your classroom to help students understand the material. Anyone can pick from the videos already available or you can upload your own material. Also, teacher tube has an educational blog that you can access and add to.

It's like a YouTube for educators. It has lots of fun videos.

Prongo offers fun, interactive and educational games for kids. They offer Quizstation for teachers to create online quizzes for their students.

Loads and loads of fun resources to for students and teachers to use in the classroom.