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Free software to create and share your book digitally through this website. You can also purchase the book you created or sell it on their site. There is also a large library of other people's created books.

Great blog hosting website. We use blogger for our class blog.

This website offers a neat way for students to create their own books. I know that I've had some students who just hate to write, but I really think if they could create a story on the computer with illustrations they would love it. The stories can be printed in a paper copy, published online, and ordered in hardback form. I just think that this website would really appeal to elementary age students and would be a fun way to publish some of the work that they do.

This website takes regular photos and turns them into a piece of art. A normal photograph could be turned into an oil painting, a modern design (Andy Warhol, etc.), or you can even have a photo put on canvas. This isn't free, but it would be great to use for a photography club. It could also be used as an art lesson. A class could have a photo contest and the winner could get the photo made onto a canvas. The possibilities are endless. A great website (and tool) to know about!

This is an online video editor that you can integrate on your website or edit your own videos with the JayCut's community.

Discovery Education has an AWESOME website that provides lesson plans for almost every area of teaching K-12. Once you click on a lesson plan that you like, you are provided with the objectives that are covered, materials needed, procedures on how to teach the lesson, evaluation over the lesson, and vocabulary! WOW!!!!!

Edheads is an interactive website that helps students learn using educational games and activities. Geared for upper elementary students, students can perform a virtual knee surgery or hip replacement, design a cell phone, or work an automobile crash scene and more.

Type in the weekly spelling list for students to practice at school or at home.

Tikatok is where kids channel their imagination into stories - and publish those stories into books for you to share and treasure with friends and family. Tikatok also has a separate education site. Storytelling comes alive here! First, Tikatok has developed the StorySparks system, a database of hundreds of interactive story prompts that help a child get started in the writing process and get help when they need it. StorySparks help activate a child's natural motivation. Kids pick the topic, choose character names and genders, and always have the ability to modify or ignore any part of the prompt. Second, Tikatok connects kids to a community of passionate storytellers like themselves, but in a safe and parent-moderated environment. Here they can share their books with other kids, collaborate with their friends, get writing advice, and communicate their love of reading and writing in book clubs. Tikatok makes digital storytelling the social activity that kids are familiar with from the playground. Finally, Tikatok can turn a child's stories into real printed books. The physical books, just like the ones on the shelves at the bookstore, reinforce the child's perception that their contributions are valued by their parents and peers. They help create a sense of pride, and of confidence in one's writing abilities, and drive the child to continue writing and creating. The passion for reading and writing that children develop on Tikatok will serve them well as they face more and more advanced educational challenges at school.

Tikatok is a great site that allows the user to create and publish hardback or paperback books. The site is free and the printed books cost about $20.00. This site encourages students to use their creativity to write a story, draw illustrations and more!

This website is another site that allows children to author and illustrate a book online. The books can then be purchased in hardback, paperback, or PDF format. I really think that this site would appeal to students who like to use technology. It's an alternative to the paper and pencil writing that some students really seem to fear and avoid.

This is a great collection of videos done by teachers on numerous topics. You can also upload your own videos to share with others. This has several applications.

This website has a lot of different videos, pictures, audio. etc that could be used in the classroom. All you have to do is type in what you want to search, and you will be amazed with what comes up! For example, I typed in "The Water Cycle" and had 10 different videos pop up!

like Youtube but customized content for teachers and education.

This site allows the user to enter a vocabulary list and create flashcards, take tests and much more over the words. User can share the words with others via the internet. Retesting is possible. This would be great for students to use to help study vocabulary and learn new words.

This site offers many set of "flashcards" and allows you to create you own. It then creates games for you to play to learn your vocabulary.

This website allows both teachers and students to create virtual flashcards using classroom concepts. Students can also use the flashcards to study by playing games and taking quizzes.

Shelfari is a social networking site to share a collection of the books you have read, the books you want to read, and your favorite books. The books are displayed on a bookshelf for you to share with others. Students could display their choices for others to view. This could also be added to a library media website so others could see what the media specialist is reading.

This is a great site that allows you to compile your own personal booklist. It is set up like a bookshelf and you can add titles of the books that you are reading, have read, or want to read. It also allows members to see what other members have on their book shelf. You may also create a group to which members of the group may add books to the book shelf. I have set up a book shelf of my personal books and also one for the Washington High School Library. This is exciting because I have invited the entire staff to be members and hopefully they will add books that they have read or ones that they want students to read. As soon as it is up and running I am going to add a link to our interactive grading system called, Schoolloop for the students to view. Maybe this will spark some interest in reading some great books.\n\n

Skype has the potential to improve class participation and collaboration. It can also help cut costs by providing free voice and video calling to other Skype users worldwide. Some uses of the platform include multi-class and cross-district collaboration, professional development, and virtual field trips.

This would be a great tool for use in the classroom. Students can use it to write essays/papers individually or in collaboration with a group. Each member of the group is able to review and edit what has been done. Every edit is saved as a new version so any version can be rolled back. Changes can be compared within two versions. Students can get to Writeboards from any computer with an Internet connection so they can work on their projects at anytime.

I love this website. It is an easy to share, web-based text document. It allows writing, editing, comparing, and collaboration. You can invite an individual or group to work on a project. It's another great way to get students to work together--even when they are not together.

This website was designed by the United States of Agriculture. This particular activity teaches the importance of getting a variety of food from the food pyramid and the serving size of such in a rocket ship format. Students can reach Planet Power by fueling their rocket with food and physical activity. "Fuel" tanks for each food group help students keep track of how their choices fit into MyPyramid. Students will understand the food pyramid better and have fun while learning about it!

This interactive website teaches students how the Pilgrims lived to celebrate The First Thanksgiving. It gives a real life look at the Mayflower and what life was like aboard the ship (far from a cruise ship), what life was like once the Pilgrims arrived in America, and how the Indians helped the Pilgrims survive. This has great information and activities. I use it every year in my classroom. It has different grade levels of information (PK-12).

This website offers students the opportunity to practice their math facts. There is addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division skills to practice. The site is designed for first through fifth graders. I think that students would like the site because they could create their own character and challenge other players. Also, I've had parents ask for math sites that they could use at home with their kids. I would probably recommend this site.

This website offers a collection of educational videos, lessons, and games for students. There is content appropriate for K-12 students. There are a variety of videos organized by topics on the site. I think this could be a helpful site to use if you are looking for material to supplement a lesson or activity in your classroom.

This website offers a great collection of educational games, specifically math and language arts, for students from kindergarten through grade six. The site was created by professional educators and offers games that students would enjoy, but also learn from completing. The site also offers homework help and printable worksheets.

I ran across this website while working on another project! What a cool way to teach a project. Check it out!

This is really awesome. You could collaborate with students from another school--either near or far. I love it!