This website is compiled by public librarians and has links to resources and information of almost limitless variety that have all been checked and approved as "Information you can trust." This could be a research tool appropriate for classroom use depending on the age and ability of your students.
Create your own interactive stories, music, games, and art. My teacher had 5th grade students create interactive stories based on their research papers on Explorers. It was a great way for them to incorporate the facts they had learned into a technology display.
A helpful resource for early literacy instruction. This site has downloadable PDF instructions for Student Center Activities that involve phonics, phonemic awareness, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. Created by the Florida Center for Reading Research.
A vehicle for information evaluation that helps students determine information relevancy,appropriateness, detail, currency, authority, and bias. It contains a rubric for information evaluation that allows students to determine the usefulness and reliabilty of a resource.