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Create a map of your favorite places, travels or destinations. Public, private, or community maps are available to make. I could see using this site in a variety of ways. It could be used as a beginning of the year "Get-to-know-you" activity. It could also be used to focus in on a specific geographical area in a Social Studies or Geography unit.

Bubbl.us is a brainstorming tool online. You can use it to create colorful mind maps online, share and work with friends, embed your mind map in your blog or website , email and print your mind map, and save your mind map as an image. It is free. It would be a good tool for students to use.And it's FREE!

Bubbl.us is a simple, free web application used to create concept maps. The website can be shared in blogs and websites.

Create mindmaps together as a class, or independently. Great for people like me who hate to draw a mindmap because it always turns out lopsided, or you don't make the boxes big enough!

This interactive web site combines Google Search with Google Maps to create truly interest-grabbing Scavenger Hunts called TerraClues. You can access lots of already-made hunts that involve your current curriculum, or you have the ability to create your own TerraClues to fit your particular classroom needs. Students learn about maps, curriculum content, and how to use a search engine.

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.

Create your own travel journal for free! This would be great for geography lessons. It would also be good for using with literature that takes place in real locations. Teachers could also explore already created journals for use with classes.

Free and easy online tools - various applications such as graphic organizers, calendars, certificates, games, puzzles, quizzes, maps, templates, rubrics, and more.

This site allows you to create story maps, and writing webs on the computer. It basically allows you to brainstorm online.

This site allows the viewer to see panoramic shots of cities around the world. 360 Cities could be used in the classroom to immerse the learner in a real world exploration of the city or region being studied. A great way to expand the learner's horizon!

Google Earth allows you access to anywhere in the world and allows you to see geographic landscapes and terrain. Students have a a blast as geography can come to life!

A plethora of exercises, quizzes, and tests that covers a wide variety of subject matter. Also includes things like flashcards, puzzles, mazes, graphic orgranizers, and so on. You can even create audio and video.

You can use this website for digital photo editing and creative work. Some things you can create include: CD covers, captions, wallpaper, trading cards, badges, maps, jigsaw puzzles, mosaics, and posters. Students could create trading cards for characters in books or biography projects.